Luk, Sze Ki, TheresaSze Ki, TheresaLukDr. YUEN Wing Yan, WinnieWinnieDr. YUEN Wing YanDr. CHIO Hin Man, JasmineJasmineDr. CHIO Hin Man2024-04-262024-04-262023Luk, S. K., Yuen, W. Y., & Chio, H. M. (2023). The relations of growth mindset, self-compassion and coping strategies among Chinese emerging adults. In ECP (Ed.). Abstracts and programme book of the 18th european congress of psychology, 3-6 July 2023, Brighton, UK. 18th European Congress of Psychology, Brighton, UK (pp. 289-190). Hogrefe AG.2673-8627http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11861/9646Background and Objectives: When facing obstacles, how to cope was crucial. While some studies showedgrowth mindset was associated to adaptive coping in adversities, others showed limitations on dealing with negative emotions. Building on transactional theory of stress and coping, self-compassion wasproposed to support growth mindset in regulating negative emotions for facilitating the coping process.The study aimed to explore the interaction of self-compassion and growth mindset on coping.Method: An experimental study was conducted in 2022 in Hong Kong. 122 high and low growth mindsethealthy young adults aged 18-29 were recruited from online social media platforms. They were randomlyassigned to experimental or control condition (5-day online self-compassion diary vs. daily diary) withpre-, post-experimental and 2-week follow-up questionnaires measured by Implicit Theories ofIntelligence Scale, Self-Compassion Scale, Brief COPE.Results: Quantitative: Mixed repeated measure MANCOVA showed significant time and time x condition(self-compassion vs. control) effect on adaptive coping, but time x mindset (high vs. low) x condition (self-compassion vs. control) effect was not significant. Pairwise comparison showed a significant decrease ofadaptive coping in high and low growth mindset control groups at post-experimental and follow-up test.Qualitative: Thematic analyses indicated self-compassion may help high and low growth mindsetindividuals in regulating emotions in an optimistic way.Conclusion: Self-compassion may protect high growth mindset and buffer low growth mindset individualsfrom a drop in adaptive coping.Implications and Originality: The study integrated quantitative and qualitative results to understand howself-compassion may help high and low growth mindset individuals on coping. Moreover, it adopted apositive perspective to view high and low growth mindset individuals by introducing self-compassionexercises. Future research may explore self-help practices for empowering their coping skills.Limitations: Limitations may include small sample size, short follow-up interval, and biased effects relatedto self-reported questionnaires.enConference Paper10.1024/2673-8627/a000043