TABLE 1.

Means, standard deviations, and correlations among the study variables.

	M	SD	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
Time 0
(1) Age	29.13	9.17
(2) Gendera	1.76	0.43	–0.03
(3) Educationb	0.84	0.37	−0.31**	–0.04
(4) Employment statusc	0.59	0.49	−0.24**	0.11	0.07
(5) Job search durationd	5.71	6.06	0.63**	–0.03	−0.19*	0.01
(6) Trait self-compassion	3.08	0.64	0.20**	−0.20**	–0.04	–0.13	0.07
(7) Self-criticism	2.81	0.86	−0.23**	0.01	0.21**	0.07	0.00	−0.58**
(8) Negative activating affect	4.38	1.41	−0.29**	0.18*	0.20**	–0.02	–0.10	−0.38**	0.45**
(9) Negative deactivating affect	3.79	1.57	−0.17*	0.18*	0.05	–0.10	–0.04	−0.47**	0.50**	0.69**
(10) Positive activating affect	3.89	1.49	–0.08	–0.10	0.03	0.05	−0.20**	0.31**	−0.32**	−0.32**	−0.43**
(11) Positive deactivating affect	3.63	1.41	0.08	−0.21**	–0.11	–0.04	–0.11	0.47**	−0.46**	−0.53**	−0.47**	0.67**
Time 1
(12) Conditione	0.46	0.50	–0.12	0.03	–0.05	0.10	–0.05	0.12	–0.05	0.04	0.03	0.05	0.01
(13) State self-compassion	4.92	1.00	0.03	–0.01	0.02	0.00	0.05	0.37**	−0.34**	−0.29**	−0.30**	0.33**	0.36**	0.16*
(14) Self-criticism	2.87	0.85	−0.30**	0.09	0.17*	0.08	–0.06	−0.56**	0.78**	0.52**	0.55**	−0.26**	−0.44**	–0.05	−0.44**
(15) Negative activating affect	4.03	1.47	−0.26**	0.10	0.25**	0.02	–0.14	−0.35**	0.48**	0.71**	0.53**	−0.36**	−0.51**	–0.14	−0.44**	0.58**
(16) Negative deactivating affect	3.81	1.47	–0.10	0.18*	0.07	–0.02	–0.06	−0.39**	0.45**	0.47**	0.64**	−0.44**	−0.44**	–0.15	−0.52**	0.60**	0.73**
(17) Positive activating affect	3.96	1.39	0.05	–0.10	–0.08	–0.05	–0.06	0.33**	−0.35**	−0.34**	−0.42**	0.57**	0.48**	0.09	0.48**	−0.35**	−0.47**	−0.59**
(18) Positive deactivating affect	4.06	1.37	0.08	−0.18*	−0.15*	–0.04	0.04	0.38**	−0.40**	−0.52**	−0.48**	0.42**	0.57**	0.17*	0.48**	−0.45**	−0.69**	−0.64**	0.66**
Time 2
(19) Negative activating affect	3.64	1.39	−0.27**	0.13	0.16*	0.00	–0.10	−0.37**	0.50**	0.70**	0.56**	−0.41**	−0.48**	–0.09	−0.39**	0.53**	0.78**	0.61**	−0.50**	−0.64**
(20) Negative deactivating affect	3.18	1.46	–0.07	0.09	0.08	–0.05	0.06	−0.37**	0.40**	0.52**	0.61**	−0.40**	−0.43**	–0.09	−0.44**	0.44**	0.57**	0.66**	−0.50**	−0.50**	0.73**
(21) Positive activating affect	4.22	1.44	0.08	–0.08	–0.04	–0.08	–0.08	0.23**	−0.30**	−0.27**	−0.27**	0.60**	0.45**	0.01	0.34**	−0.28**	−0.38**	−0.41**	0.68**	0.43**	−0.51**	−0.48**
(22) Positive deactivating affect	4.29	1.40	0.24**	−0.17*	–0.12	0.00	0.09	0.39**	−0.47**	−0.48**	−0.43**	0.51**	0.55**	0.06	0.37**	−0.44**	−0.62**	−0.53**	0.54**	0.65**	−0.72**	−0.52**	0.64**

N = 180; ^a1 = man, 2 = woman; ^b0 = low or intermediately educated, 1 = highly educated; ^c0 = no paid employment, 1 = paid employment; ^dmeasured in months; ^e0 = control condition, 1 = self-compassion condition. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01.