Masterthesis/masterscriptie Engelstalig

SENSORY PRIMING IN SELF-COMPASSION ENHANCEMENT 0




Meditation + Warmth + Fluffiness: The Equation to More Compassion?
The Moderating Effect of Attachment-Related Avoidance
on Effects of Self-Compassion Meditation




Master thesis Child Development and Education (Orthopedagogiek)
Author: BSc. R.E. van Bentum, 10179437
Supervisors: Mw. Prof. Dr. S.M. Bögels
Mw. M. E. Wrzesien PhD
Amsterdam, July 2017

,SENSORY PRIMING IN SELF-COMPASSION ENHANCEMENT




Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Graduate School of Child Development and Education




Meditation + Warmth + Fluffiness: The Equation to more
Compassion?
The Moderating Effect of Attachment-Related Avoidance
on Effects of Self-Compassion Meditation




Master thesis Child Development and Education (Orthopedagogiek)
Author: BSc. R.E van Bentum, 10179437
Supervisors: Mw. Prof. Dr. S. M. Bögels
Mw. M. E. Wrzesien PhD
Amsterdam, July 2017

, SENSORY PRIMING IN SELF-COMPASSION ENHANCEMENT 1




Table of Contents
Self-criticism .......................................................................................................................... 5
Attachment ............................................................................................................................. 5
Self-compassion ..................................................................................................................... 6
Defining self-compassion ....................................................................................................... 6
Self-compassion interventions ............................................................................................... 7
Priming ................................................................................................................................... 8
Sensory priming ..................................................................................................................... 9
Aim ......................................................................................................................................... 9

Methods ................................................................................................................................... 10
Participants ........................................................................................................................... 10
Design and procedure ........................................................................................................... 10
Measures ............................................................................................................................... 11
Statistical analysis. ............................................................................................................... 13

Results...................................................................................................................................... 14
Demographics ....................................................................................................................... 14
Effects of priming and compassionate meditation on self-compassion ............................... 14
Effects of priming and compassionate meditation on self-self-criticism ............................. 15
Moderating role of attachment-related avoidance on self-compassion ................................ 16
Moderating role of attachment-related avoidance on self-criticism ..................................... 16

Discussion ................................................................................................................................ 19
Effects of sensory priming on self-compassion ................................................................... 19
Effects of sensory priming on self-criticism ........................................................................ 19
Moderating effect of attachment-related avoidance ............................................................. 20
Limitations............................................................................................................................ 20
Clinical implications............................................................................................................. 21
Conclusions .......................................................................................................................... 22

References ............................................................................................................................... 22

Appendices .............................................................................................................................. 27