Autocompaixão e autorregulação emocional em estudantes de psicologia

Abstract

Self-compassion is defined as the ability to support oneself in a kind and compassionate way, conscious and focused on the oil of emotions, positive and negative. Whereas Self-regulation is the ability to modulate and manage emotions in accordance with the individual's objective, suggesting adaptive and maladaptive strategies. This study aims to investigate the relationship between Self-companion and Emotional Self-regulation in Psychology students. The sample for convenience was composed by 151 university students of the graduate course in Psychology from different countries, being 83.4% (n = 126) from the Northeast region, 1.3% (n = 2) from the Southeast and 23% (n = 23) in the Southern region, 106 are from public institutions (70.2%) and 45 are from private institutions (29.8%). The instruments used for a sociodemographic questionnaire, on the Self-Compassion Scale: “How I generally feel with myself in difficult moments”-(EAC) and on the “Difficulty of Emotional Regulation-(DERS)” scale, applied through Google Forms. Among the results The results obtained highlight the existence of significant correlations between EAC and DERS, with most of them in negative directions. We also found more statistically significant levels of Emotional Deregulation in universities that change cities to enter Higher Education. Keywords: Autocompaixão; Emotional Self-Regulation; University Students; Higher Education.