Exploring How Self-Compassion and/or Internal Feedback Affect Feedback Perception and Processing After Negative Feedback

• In Event: Growth-Oriented Responses to Failure and Challenge

Abstract

Negative feedback that indicates a discrepancy between the current achievement and the standards can be perceived as self-threatening and hinder learning. This study explores the effects of a) a brief internal feedback intervention prior to external negative feedback, and b) a brief self-compassion intervention after receiving negative feedback on feedback perception and post-feedback learning behavior. In a 2x2-factorial design, 57 participants received negative feedback after working on a set of matrices test items that was administered with time pressure and included two unsolvable tasks. We expected the interventions to mitigate negative feedback effects. Findings revealed that generating internal feedback supports more conducive feedback perception and more adaptive post-feedback learning behavior compared to the self-compassion and the control condition.

Authors

• Susanne Narciss, Technische Universitaet Dresden

• Helena Laudel, Technische Universitaet Dresden