Psychological flexibility and self-compassion in gay and heterosexual men: how they relate to childhood memories, shame and depressive symptoms

This study explores differences between gay men (N = 53) and heterosexual men (N = 52) regarding memories of shame events and of warmth and safeness experiences with parents during childhood and adolescence, self-compassion, psychological flexibility, internal shame and depression. Also, it aims to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Matos, Marcela (author)
Other Authors: Carvalho, Sérgio A. (author), Cunha, Marina (author), Galhardo, Ana (author), Sepodes, Carlos (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2018
Subjects:
Homens homssexuais - Gay men
Homens heterossexuais - Heterosexual men
Vergonha - Shame
Sintomas Depressivos - Depressive symptoms
Flexibilidade psicológica - Psychological flexibility
Auto-compaixão - Self-compassion
Online Access:http://repositorio.ismt.pt/handle/123456789/754
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.ismt.pt:123456789/754
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Summary:This study explores differences between gay men (N = 53) and heterosexual men (N = 52) regarding memories of shame events and of warmth and safeness experiences with parents during childhood and adolescence, self-compassion, psychological flexibility, internal shame and depression. Also, it aims to explore whether psychological flexibility and self compassion play a role in the association between these memories and internal shame and depressive symptoms. Results confirmed the mediating role of psychological flexibility and self-compassion. These findings suggest the appropriateness of promoting acceptance and self-compassion towards difficult memories in a therapeutic setting with gay men experiencing shame and depressive symptoms.

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