High Artistic Achievements and Low Emotion Dysregulation: The Moderating and Mediating Role of Self-compassion

Figures & data

Table 1. Division of the sample by age group

Variables	18–30 (n = 78)		31–50 (n = 52)		51+ (n = 28)
	M	SD		M	SD	M	SD
CAQ_Arts	11.9	9.73		19.0	22.9	21.6	22.2
DERS	89.1	21.7		78.4	18.6	69.5	12.2
SCS	2.92	0.615		3.32	0.736	3.65	0.45
Recruitment place	n	%		n	%	n	%
Music therapy	38	48.72		10	19.23	2	7.14
Psychology	13	16.66		5	9.61	2	7.14
Art-therapy associations	9	11.54		19	36.54	16	57.14
Lay-person Arts associations	18	23.08		18	34.61	8	28.57

Table 2. Participants’ characteristics and central tendency information

	Female (n = 137)			Male (n = 31)		Total (n = 168)
	M (SD)	Median		M (SD)	Median	M (SD)	Median
Age	34.45 (13.90)	34,00		33.63 (13.66)	28,50	35.10 (13.83)	31,00
Education (years)	14.16 (13.90)	15,00		14.71 (2.19)	15,00	14.26 (2.86)	15,00
Measures
Creative achievements in the arts	16.46 (39.23)	9,00		13.67 (17.36)	9,00	15.95 (36.17)	9,00
Emotion dysregulation	82.10 (20.78)	77,00		80.64 (20.95)	74,00	81.83 (20.76)	77,00
Self-compassion	3.17 (0.70)	3,11		3.22 (0.72)	3,34	3.18 (0.71)	3,14

Note. M = Mean, SD = Standard-deviation. For Age, 10 data points are missing.

Table 3. Zero-order correlations among creative achievements in the Arts, emotion dysregulation and self-compassion

Variable	CAQ in the Arts	Visual Arts	Music	Dance	Creative Writing	Humor	Theater/Film
CAQ in the Arts	–
Visual Arts	.393***	–
Music	.288***	.171**	–
Dance	.303***	.021	.136*	–
Creative Writing	.270***	.077	.060	−.004	–
Humor	.283***	.060	−.014	.135 †	.204**	–
Theater/Film	.362***	.058	.139*	.142*	.269***	.300***	–
Emotion Dysregulation	−.144*	−.140*	.060	−.050	−.078	−.088	−0,095
Non-acceptance	−.040	−.043	0,68	−.019	−.117 †	−.020	−.026
Goals	−.102 †	−.109 †	.129*	−.060	−.014	−.121 †	−.070
Impulse	−.116*	−.094	0.055	−.041	−.030	−.067	−.090
Awareness	−.147**	−.174**	−.051	−.064	−.111 †	.024	−.078
Strategies	−.096 †	−.056	.017	−.033	.007	−.077	−.048
Clarity	−.112*	−.174**	.050	−.033	−.032	−.046	−.111 †
Self-Compassion	.121*	.153**	−.003	.085	−.044	.062	0,092
Self-Kindness	.163**	.199***	.017	.149*	−.020	.062	.120 †
Self-judgment	.062	0.074	.005	.093	−.010	−.025	.103 †
Common Humanity	.059	.122*	−.089	.093	−.079	.104 †	.046
Isolation	.021	.057	−.023	−.047	−.101 †	−.001	.054
Mindfulness	.151**	.192**	−0.023	.090	.035	.059	0.058
Over-identification	.088	0.087	−.002	.016	−.047	.039	.039

Note. CAQ in the Arts = Creative Achievement Questionnaire in the Arts. Non-acceptance = Non-acceptance of emotional responses. Goals = Difficulty engaging in Goal-directed behavior. Impulse = Impulse control difficulties. Awareness = Lack of emotional awareness. Strategies = Limited access to emotion regulation strategies. Clarity = Lack of emotional clarity. Kendall’s tau-b is presented for associations with CAQ in the arts and its subscales because scores on this scale did not follow a normal distribution (Carson et al., 2005). Pearson’s r is presented for the other measures as they followed a normal distribution. Significant effects are presented in bold (p < .05*, p < .01**, p < .001***). Statistically close-to-significant correlations are reported at p <.10 †.

Figure 1. Visual representation of the mediation model.

Figure 2. A visual representation of the moderation analyses.

Carson, S. H., Peterson, J. B., & Higgins, D. M. (2005). Reliability, validity, and factor structure of the creative achievement questionnaire. Creativity Research Journal, 17(1), 37–50. doi:https://doi.org/10.1207/s15326934crj1701_4.

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