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dc.contributor.authorPhillips, Wendy Jen
dc.contributor.authorFerguson, Susan Jen
dc.date.accessioned2013-07-22T10:57:00Z-
dc.date.issued2013-
dc.identifier.citationJournals of Gerontology. Series B: Psychological Sciences & Social Sciences, 68(4), p. 529-539en
dc.identifier.issn1758-5368en
dc.identifier.issn1079-5014en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/13058-
dc.description.abstractObjectives: Self-compassion has been associated with psychological health in young and multigenerational samples. This study investigated whether self-compassion may be associated with subjective well-being (positive affect [PA] and negative affect [NA]) and psychological well-being (ego integrity and meaning in life) in older adults. It also assessed the structure of the Self-Compassion Scale (SCS; Neff, 2003a) in older adults. Method: A total of 185 adults aged 65 and older (M age = 73.42) completed several self-report measures, including the SCS. Results: Path analysis revealed that self-compassion was significantly positively associated with PA, ego integrity, and meaning in life, and negatively associated with NA. Factor analyses indicated that the SCS structure identified among undergraduates was not observed in our older sample. Instead, two factors emerged which provided predictive utility. Discussion: These results extend research knowledge, inform strategies to enhance well-being in older adults, and indicate that self-compassion may represent a valuable psychological resource for positive aging.en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherOxford University Pressen
dc.relation.ispartofJournals of Gerontology. Series B: Psychological Sciences & Social Sciencesen
dc.titleSelf-Compassion: A Resource for Positive Agingen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/geronb/gbs091en
dcterms.accessRightsGolden
dc.subject.keywordsPsychologyen
dc.subject.keywordsHealth, Clinical and Counselling Psychologyen
local.contributor.firstnameWendy Jen
local.contributor.firstnameSusan Jen
local.subject.for2008170199 Psychology not elsewhere classifieden
local.subject.for2008170106 Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychologyen
local.subject.seo2008920410 Mental Healthen
local.subject.seo2008920502 Health Related to Ageingen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Psychologyen
local.profile.emailwphilli4@une.edu.auen
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local.record.placeauen
local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.identifier.epublicationsrecordune-20121110-112641en
local.publisher.placeUnited States of Americaen
local.format.startpage529en
local.format.endpage539en
local.identifier.scopusid84878862394en
local.peerreviewedYesen
local.identifier.volume68en
local.identifier.issue4en
local.title.subtitleA Resource for Positive Agingen
local.access.fulltextYesen
local.contributor.lastnamePhillipsen
local.contributor.lastnameFergusonen
dc.identifier.staffune-id:wphilli4en
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local.identifier.unepublicationidune:13267en
dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
local.title.maintitleSelf-Compassionen
local.output.categorydescriptionC1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journalen
local.search.authorPhillips, Wendy Jen
local.search.authorFerguson, Susan Jen
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local.identifier.wosid000320122500006en
local.year.published2013en
local.subject.for2020520199 Applied and developmental psychology not elsewhere classifieden
local.subject.for2020420403 Psychosocial aspects of childbirth and perinatal mental healthen
local.subject.seo2020200409 Mental healthen
local.subject.seo2020200502 Health related to ageingen
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