While self-compassion presents as a viable resource for managing difficult events in sport, little is known about how it functions in the stress process. In 2 studies with women university athletes (N = 122 and 131), the authors examined self-compassion as a prospective predictor of appraisal, coping, goal progress, and affect in a competition. Direct and indirect effects of self-compassion on aspects of the stress process were examined by testing full, partial, and moderated mediation models. Self-compassion plays a direct and indirect role in the stress process of competitive women athletes. Self-compassion significantly predicted higher control appraisals (Studies 1 and 2) and lower threat appraisals (Study 1), which explained coping tendencies of self-compassionate athletes. Sequential pathways linking appraisals and coping accounted for why athletes with higher self-compassion are more likely to have higher goal progress, more positive affect, and less negative affect. Overall, self-compassion promotes adaptive appraisals and coping.

Amber D. Mosewich

Catherine M. Sabiston

Kent C. Kowalski

Patrick Gaudreau

Peter R.E. Crocker

The Sport Psychologist

TSP 是一本学术期刊，旨在激发思想和传播专注于运动心理学应用和实践的知识。该杂志特别强调向运动员和教练等从业者提供心理服务。 TSP 在范围上是国际化的，并且可以接受不同的方法。 TSP 是为在各种环境（包括学术、公共和私人环境）中从事研究、教学和/或干预的运动心理学专家出版的。该杂志还适用于从业者，例如接受过培训并对运动心理学感兴趣的教练。

The Sport Psychologist is an academic journal aimed at stimulating thought and disseminating knowledge focused on the application and practice of sport psychology. The journal particularly emphasizes providing psychological services to practitioners such as athletes and coaches. TSP is international in scope and accepts various methodologies. It serves as a platform for sport psychology professionals engaged in research, teaching, and/or intervention in diverse settings, including academic, public, and private environments. The journal is also suitable for practitioners, including trained coaches interested in sport psychology.

《Sport Psychologist》是一本学术期刊，旨在激发思想并传播关于运动心理学应用与实践的知识。该杂志特别强调为运动员和教练等从业者提供心理服务。期刊的国际化范围允许接受多种研究方法。它为在各种环境（包括学术、公共和私人领域）中从事研究、教学和干预的运动心理学专家提供了一个发表的平台。此外，该杂志也适合那些接受过培训并对运动心理学感兴趣的教练。

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心理学	4
心理学, 酒店、休闲、体育与旅游	4
心理学, 心理学	4
心理学, 心理学应用	4
心理学, 运动科学	4

Self-Compassion in the Stress Process in Women Athletes

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SPORT SCIENCES	3