A5029356047- Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Physical Activity and Health
- Diabetes Management and Education
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Frailty in Older Adults
- Social Power and Status Dynamics
- Youth Development and Social Support
- Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Sleep and related disorders
- Media Influence and Health
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Emotions and Moral Behavior
- Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Sports and Physical Education Research
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Psychology of Social Influence
University of Manitoba
2017-2022
St. Boniface Hospital
2020-2021
Research Manitoba
2017-2019
Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba
2019
Bühler (United Kingdom)
2019
Self-compassion facilitates health behavior self-regulation; few studies have examined self-compassion and exercise. This online, cross-sectional study investigated self-compassion’s relationship with exercise self-regulation of an setback. Adults (N = 105) who had experienced setback within the last 6 months completed baseline measures, recalled setback, questionnaires assessing in this context. associated self-determined motivations goal reengagement, negatively related to extrinsic...
Sleep quality (SQ) impacts health yet many university students get poor sleep. Self-compassion (SC)-care for oneself during challenging times-is associated with SQ how SC has these effects is unclear. This study cross-sectionally examined whether negatively related to and proactive focus cognitive emotional regulation strategies (CERS) mediate this relationship. University (N = 193) self-reported SC, focus, CERS, SQ. (r -0.34) self-blame mediated (b 0.08, 95% CI [0.01, 0.16]). may improve...
The aim of this study was to determine whether self-compassion—orientation care for oneself during challenges—helps people at risk cardiovascular disease deal with emotional reactions and assist self-regulating health behaviors. This observational recruited women ( N = 102) who attended three research visits over 3 weeks gather information on emotions, intentions, engagement in behaviors after received news they were disease. Self-compassion negatively associated responses intentions...
Self-compassion predicts mothers’ engagement in health behaviours yet some mothers fear self-compassion. We examined relationships between both self-compassion and of with reactions to prioritizing behaviours. Mothers rated their self-compassion, read a scenario about adjectives describing themselves if they behaved as described the scenario. was positively related positive engaging midst motherhood. Fear led negative reactions. This research provides insight into why feel better...
Efforts to identify individuals at a higher risk for adverse cardiovascular outcomes focus on traditional factors, such as age, sex, smoking status, blood pressure and cholesterol; however, this approach does not directly assess function may underestimate the of experiencing in women. This prospective, observational cohort study will examine ability Heart Attack Prevention Program You (HAPPY) Hearts screening protocol, series non-invasive procedures middle-aged older women who are an...
Seventy-five per cent of individuals with prediabetes will eventually be diagnosed type 2 diabetes. Physical activity is a cornerstone in reducing diabetes risk but can challenging behaviour to adopt for those living prediabetes. Individuals experience difficult emotions associated being at chronic disease, which undermine self-regulation. Self-compassion enhances self-regulation because it mitigates and promotes adaptive coping. We performed pilot randomized controlled trial determine the...
Adjusting identity standards may be preferable to relentless pursuit or abandonment of an when facing identity-challenging life transition. Self-compassion (SC) can help people adjust challenges. The authors examined whether SC was associated with adjustment, exercise, and the moderating effect identity-behavior discrepancy in 279 women exercisers who reported reduced exercise motherhood. Participants completed Self-Compassion Scale extent reflected on their discrepant behavior (reduced...
The high rate of global physical inactivity has led researchers to explore the psychological variables that impact activity (PA) behaviours. Drawing from tenets control theory and literature on self-conscious emotions, current study investigated experience guilt shame in response engaged missed PA. One hundred fifty-four adults (Mage = 34.02, SD 12.27) completed online questionnaires over a three-week period. Paired sample t-tests showed participants more after intended PA session than an...
Exercise is good for health and well-being, yet people experience lapses when trying to adhere exercise. Self-compassion may help cope with exercise lapses. Most research on self-compassion has been conducted women; men also benefit from self-compassion. No examined whether gender-role schema influences responses The authors both male female adult exercisers (N = 220) who reported their self-compassion, recalled an lapse, reactions the self-identification of masculinity femininity. After...
Mental imagery and possible-selves interventions can help to improve physical activity (PA) in a variety of populations. Currently, no study has combined these two test the efficacy or possible synergistic effect. This investigated one-time exposure one three parallel interventions: imagery, selves, combined, on exercise self-efficacy, compared control group who were given nutritional information as an intervention. One hundred twelve participants randomized provided data at time points –...
<sec> <title>UNSTRUCTURED</title> Extended bouts of sedentary time are common in the modern working environment. As such, effective interventions needed to counter adverse health effects sitting. We developed a theory-informed, mobile app (i.e. ENCOURAGE App) designed interrupt occupational sitting time. The objective our study is investigate effect App on number breaks taken throughout day. This single-group, series quasi-experiment evaluating Data will be collected at baseline...