Self-compassion is associated with less stress and depression and greater attention and brain response to affective stimuli in women managers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Women have been assuming more responsibilities and higher positions in major companies, which exposes them to high levels of stress. Higher perceived work stress is related to higher emotional reactivity. Difficulties with emotional regulation can lead to anxiety and mood disorders, which are more prevalent in women than men. Indeed, women leaders are more likely to experience emotional fatigue than men due to excessive empathy. Our aim was to evaluate the associations between self-compassion (SC) scores to depression symptoms, perceived stress and mindfulness, as well as with brain responses to high-arousal unpleasant and pleasant pictures from the International Affective Picture System (IAPS), as measured through functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) in women ma

SUBMITTER: Pires FBC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6258154 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature