Dealing with Negative Job Search Experiences with Adaptive Mindsets

Searching for a job is associated with various obstacles and difficulties, which elicit job seekers’ emotional responses. In a cross-sectional (N=99) and a 5- wave longitudinal field study (N=227) among job seekers, we first examined whether self-compassion helps them to better cope emotionally with the difficulties they encounter during job search. Second, we investigated whether several other mindsets can have similar buffering effects on...