Mindfulness and self-compassion : exploring stability and relations to cognitive, social, and emotional indicators across one school year in a group of early adolescents
department or school: Education, Faculty of
department or school: Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education (ECPS), Department of
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCV
creator: Lawlor, Molly Stewart
issued: 2019-01-04T21:51:08Z
issued: 2018
related degree: Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: Research examining mindfulness and self-compassion in relation to well-being has grown over the past decade, with the majority of studies focused on these constructs in adults. As such, there is limited research that examines these constructs in children. To address the gap, the purpose of the study was to investigate trait mindfulness and self-compassion in early adolescents at three times over one school year. Aims of the study were: (1) to examine grade and gender difference for mindfulness and self-compassion in early adolescents, (2) to examine stability and change of early adolescents’ mindfulness and self-compassion over one school year, determine whether there are grade and gender differences in these trajectories, and to examine associations between the two constructs over time, and (3) to examine the degree to which early adolescents’ mindfulness and self-compassion at the beginning of the school year is associated with dimensions of their social, emotional, and cognitive competence at the end of the school year. Results indicated that there was limited variability in the trajectories of both mindfulness and self-compassion over the course of one school year. Investigation of grade and gender differences revealed a significant difference in self-compassion across grades, with grades 5 students reporting significantly higher self-compassion scores than grade 7 students. The relationship between the constructs was observed to be stable, with significant positive correlations reported at each of the three time points. Correlational analyses revealed a significant and positive relation between Time 1 mindfulness and Time 3 peer ratings of prosocial behaviour. Mindfulness at Time 1 was found to be negatively and significantly associated with negative affect at Time 3. Self-compassion at Time 1 was significantly and positively associated with positive affect and life satisfaction at Time 3. Given the current discussion regarding the factor structure of the Self-…
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note: Mindfulness and Self-Compassion: Exploring Stability and Relations to Cognitive, Social, and Emotional Indicators Across One School Year in a Group of Early Adolescents by Molly Stewart Lawlor B.A., The University of Victoria, 1998 M.A., The University of British Columbia, 2007 A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF Doctor of Philosophy in The Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (Human, Development, Learning, and Culture) THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Vancouver) December 2018 © Molly Stewart Lawlor, 2018 ii The following individuals certify that they have read, and recommend to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for acceptance, the dissertation entitled: Mindfulness and self-compassion: Exploring stability and relations to cognitive, social, and emotional indicators across one school year in a group of early adolescents submitted by Molly Stewart Lawlor in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Human, Development, Learning, and Culture Examining Committee: Dr. Kimberly Schonert-Reichl, Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education Supervisor Dr. Bruno Zumbo, Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education Supervisory Committee Member Dr. Richard Young, Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education Supervisory Committee Member Dr. Amori Mikami, Psychology University Examiner Dr. Joeseph Michael Lucyshyn, Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education University Examiner iii Abstract Research examining mindfulness and self-compassion in relation to well-being has grown over the past decade, with the majority of studies focused on these constructs in adults. As such, there is limited research that examines these constructs in children. To address the gap, the purpose of the study was to investigate trait mindfulness and self-compassion in early adolescents at three times over one school year. …
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
date issued: 2019-02
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0375877
language: eng
degree discipline: Human Development, Learning, and Culture
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/68178