Feeling Soothed Within and Around: the effect of self-compassion and social safeness on borderline features in sexual minorities

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Autor(a) principal: Cano, Soraia Alexandra de Melo
Data de Publicação: 2021
Outros Autores: Cunha, Marina (Orientadora), Carreiras, Diogo (Coorientador)
Tipo de documento: Dissertação
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://repositorio.ismt.pt/jspui/handle/123456789/1426
Resumo: Introduction: Sexual minorities suffer additional stress from their social position. Invalidating environments are characterized by non-acceptance of the expression of emotions and they are a risk factor for developing borderline traits. Self-compassion and social safeness can work as protective variables that activate the soothing-affiliation system, from within and around. Objective: The aim of this study was to test the mediation effect of self-compassion and social safeness in the relationship between parental invalidation and borderline traits in sexual minorities. Method: Participants were 132 Portuguese individuals of sexual minorities, with ages between 18 and 63 years old (M = 34.28, SD =11.37). Self-report questionnaires were completed using an online survey. Data were analysed through SPSS and PROCESS Macro. Results: Parental invalidation was positively correlated with borderline traits, and self compassion and social safeness were negatively correlated with parental invalidation and borderline traits. In the Multiple Linear Regression, maternal invalidation, self-compassion and social safeness were the significant predictors of borderline traits. In the mediation model the total effect was significant, showing that mother?s invalidation had a significant effect on borderline traits and part of that relationship was explained by self-compassion and social safeness. Conclusion: Parental invalidation seems to be related with borderline traits in sexual minorities. Nonetheless, feeling soothed and safe within and around seem to have an essential role between maternal invalidation and borderline symptoms. Cultivating self-compassion and balanced relationships with others in a warm and secure way seems to be positive in sexual minorities, being important processes in the development of borderline traits.
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spelling Feeling Soothed Within and Around: the effect of self-compassion and social safeness on borderline features in sexual minoritiesMinorias sexuais - Sexual minoritiesInvalida??o parental - Parental invalidationCarater?sticas borderline - Borderline traitsAutocompaix?o - Self-compassionSeguran?a em sociedade - Social safenessIntroduction: Sexual minorities suffer additional stress from their social position. Invalidating environments are characterized by non-acceptance of the expression of emotions and they are a risk factor for developing borderline traits. Self-compassion and social safeness can work as protective variables that activate the soothing-affiliation system, from within and around. Objective: The aim of this study was to test the mediation effect of self-compassion and social safeness in the relationship between parental invalidation and borderline traits in sexual minorities. Method: Participants were 132 Portuguese individuals of sexual minorities, with ages between 18 and 63 years old (M = 34.28, SD =11.37). Self-report questionnaires were completed using an online survey. Data were analysed through SPSS and PROCESS Macro. Results: Parental invalidation was positively correlated with borderline traits, and self compassion and social safeness were negatively correlated with parental invalidation and borderline traits. In the Multiple Linear Regression, maternal invalidation, self-compassion and social safeness were the significant predictors of borderline traits. In the mediation model the total effect was significant, showing that mother?s invalidation had a significant effect on borderline traits and part of that relationship was explained by self-compassion and social safeness. Conclusion: Parental invalidation seems to be related with borderline traits in sexual minorities. Nonetheless, feeling soothed and safe within and around seem to have an essential role between maternal invalidation and borderline symptoms. Cultivating self-compassion and balanced relationships with others in a warm and secure way seems to be positive in sexual minorities, being important processes in the development of borderline traits.ISMT2022-10-25T14:44:35Z2022-10-252021-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesisapplication/pdfhttp://repositorio.ismt.pt/jspui/handle/123456789/1426TID:203071190enghttp://repositorio.ismt.pt/jspui/handle/123456789/1426Cano, Soraia Alexandra de MeloCunha, Marina (Orientadora)Carreiras, Diogo (Coorientador)info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-12-15T14:57:14Zoai:repositorio.ismt.pt:123456789/1426Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T00:53:22.384199Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Feeling Soothed Within and Around: the effect of self-compassion and social safeness on borderline features in sexual minorities
title Feeling Soothed Within and Around: the effect of self-compassion and social safeness on borderline features in sexual minorities
spellingShingle Feeling Soothed Within and Around: the effect of self-compassion and social safeness on borderline features in sexual minorities
Cano, Soraia Alexandra de Melo
Minorias sexuais - Sexual minorities
Invalida??o parental - Parental invalidation
Carater?sticas borderline - Borderline traits
Autocompaix?o - Self-compassion
Seguran?a em sociedade - Social safeness
title_short Feeling Soothed Within and Around: the effect of self-compassion and social safeness on borderline features in sexual minorities
title_full Feeling Soothed Within and Around: the effect of self-compassion and social safeness on borderline features in sexual minorities
title_fullStr Feeling Soothed Within and Around: the effect of self-compassion and social safeness on borderline features in sexual minorities
title_full_unstemmed Feeling Soothed Within and Around: the effect of self-compassion and social safeness on borderline features in sexual minorities
title_sort Feeling Soothed Within and Around: the effect of self-compassion and social safeness on borderline features in sexual minorities
author Cano, Soraia Alexandra de Melo
author_facet Cano, Soraia Alexandra de Melo
Cunha, Marina (Orientadora)
Carreiras, Diogo (Coorientador)
author_role author
author2 Cunha, Marina (Orientadora)
Carreiras, Diogo (Coorientador)
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Cano, Soraia Alexandra de Melo
Cunha, Marina (Orientadora)
Carreiras, Diogo (Coorientador)
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Minorias sexuais - Sexual minorities
Invalida??o parental - Parental invalidation
Carater?sticas borderline - Borderline traits
Autocompaix?o - Self-compassion
Seguran?a em sociedade - Social safeness
topic Minorias sexuais - Sexual minorities
Invalida??o parental - Parental invalidation
Carater?sticas borderline - Borderline traits
Autocompaix?o - Self-compassion
Seguran?a em sociedade - Social safeness
description Introduction: Sexual minorities suffer additional stress from their social position. Invalidating environments are characterized by non-acceptance of the expression of emotions and they are a risk factor for developing borderline traits. Self-compassion and social safeness can work as protective variables that activate the soothing-affiliation system, from within and around. Objective: The aim of this study was to test the mediation effect of self-compassion and social safeness in the relationship between parental invalidation and borderline traits in sexual minorities. Method: Participants were 132 Portuguese individuals of sexual minorities, with ages between 18 and 63 years old (M = 34.28, SD =11.37). Self-report questionnaires were completed using an online survey. Data were analysed through SPSS and PROCESS Macro. Results: Parental invalidation was positively correlated with borderline traits, and self compassion and social safeness were negatively correlated with parental invalidation and borderline traits. In the Multiple Linear Regression, maternal invalidation, self-compassion and social safeness were the significant predictors of borderline traits. In the mediation model the total effect was significant, showing that mother?s invalidation had a significant effect on borderline traits and part of that relationship was explained by self-compassion and social safeness. Conclusion: Parental invalidation seems to be related with borderline traits in sexual minorities. Nonetheless, feeling soothed and safe within and around seem to have an essential role between maternal invalidation and borderline symptoms. Cultivating self-compassion and balanced relationships with others in a warm and secure way seems to be positive in sexual minorities, being important processes in the development of borderline traits.
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