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Self-compassion as a predictor of interleukin-6 response to acute psychosocial stress
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We examined the hypothesis that self-compassion is associated with lower levels of stress-induced inflammation. On two consecutive days, plasma concentrations of interleukin-6 (IL-6) were assessed at baseline and at 30 and 120 min following exposure to a standardized laboratory stressor in a sample of 41 healthy young adults. Participants who were higher in self-compassion exhibited significantly lower day 1 IL-6 responses, even when controlling for self-esteem, depressive symptoms, demographic factors, and distress. Self-compassion was not related to day 2 IL-6 response but was inversely related to day 2 baseline IL-6 levels, and to increase in baseline IL-6 from day 1 to day 2. These findings suggest that self-compassion may serve as a protective factor against stress-induced inflammation and inflammation-related disease.
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“Besides, compassion cultivation has been proved to buffer against the deleterious effects of psychosocial stressors by reducing the reactivity of the autonomic stress response (Arch et al., 2014; Breines et al., 2014), and may be of particular interest during the current COVID-19 pandemic (Khoury, 2020).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Breines, J. G., Thoma, M. V., Gianferante, D., Hanlin, L., Chen, X., & Rohleder, N.
- Affiliations
- Brandeis University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Breines, Juliana G.
- Venue
- Brain, Behavior, and Immunity
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2014-03
- Volume
- 37
- Pages
- 109-114
- ISSN
- 0889-1591 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC4311753
- OpenAlex
- W1964801522
- Cited by
- 181
- References
- 40
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 14 · 2023: 24 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 22 · 2020: 20 · 2019: 18 · 2018: 20 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 13 · 2015: 12 · 2014: 2
- FWCI
- 10.01
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Brain Behavior and Immunity (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) (acceptedVersion)
- Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute on Aging (T32AG000204)
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences (T32GM084907)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Behavioral Neuroscience › Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Biological Psychiatry › Tryptophan and brain disorders
- Keywords
- self-compassion, interleukin-6, psychosocial stress, stress-induced inflammation, inflammation, self-esteem, depressive symptoms, protective factors, healthy young adults
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Empathy, Female, Humans, Male, Self Concept, Stress, Psychological, Interleukin-6, Young Adult
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