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Exploring the potential moderating role of self‐compassion on the relationships between event centrality and post‐assault psychological outcomes
Author(s) -
Hamrick Lauren A.,
Owens Gina P.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/jclp.23018
Subject(s) - psychology , centrality , moderation , clinical psychology , distress , psychological resilience , sexual assault , developmental psychology , poison control , injury prevention , social psychology , medicine , medical emergency , mathematics , combinatorics
Objective The present study examined whether post‐assault internal processes (i.e., present control, event centrality, and compassionate and uncompassionate self‐responding) were associated with distress and resilience among women who have experienced adult sexual assault. The authors also tested whether compassionate and uncompassionate self‐responses would moderate the relationships between event centrality and outcomes. Method A convenience sample of women who had experienced sexual assault during adulthood ( N = 253) completed an anonymous online survey. Results Regression analyses showed that lower present control, higher event centrality, and higher uncompassionate responses to the self were associated with posttraumatic stress disorder. Additionally, higher present control and higher compassionate responses to the self were associated with resilience. Moderation analyses were not significant. Conclusions Endorsing greater levels of uncompassionate responses was associated with greater distress while engaging in greater compassionate responses was associated with greater resilience, even when accounting for levels of present control and event centrality.