Women regularly endure sexist microaggressions, which are often associated with anger, depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, and trauma. The cumulative effects of sexist microaggressions may result in internalized sexism and undermine self-compassion. Notably, prolonged exposure to sexism is associated with trauma symptoms; however, the traumatic effects of sexist microaggressions have remained largely theoretical. Thus, we examined the role of sexist microaggressions as a traumatic stressor and evaluated self-compassion and internalized misogyny as mediators of sexism-based traumatic stress. With a sample of 370 adult cisgender women, results suggested that sexist microaggressions significantly and positively predicted trauma symptomology, and that this relationship was partially mediated by self-compassion but not internalized misogyny. Results supported sexism as a traumatic stressor, and low self-compassion as a mechanism through which sexist microaggressions result in traumatic stress. We discuss implications for research and practice.

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性别歧视微攻击：自我同情介导的创伤性压力源

女性经常忍受性别歧视的微攻击，这通常与愤怒、抑郁、焦虑、自卑和创伤有关。性别歧视微攻击的累积影响可能导致内化的性别歧视并破坏自我同情。值得注意的是，长期暴露于性别歧视与创伤症状有关。然而，性别歧视微攻击的创伤性影响在很大程度上仍然是理论上的。因此，我们研究了性别歧视微攻击作为创伤性压力源的作用，并评估了自我同情和内化厌女症作为基于性别歧视的创伤性压力的中介。对 370 名成年顺性别女性的样本，结果表明，性别歧视的微攻击显着且积极地预测了创伤症状，并且这种关系部分是由自我同情而非内化的厌女症介导的。结果支持性别歧视是创伤性压力源，而低自我同情心是性别歧视微攻击导致创伤性压力的一种机制。我们讨论对研究和实践的影响。