Mediation of Self-Compassion on Pathways from Stress and Anxiety to Depression among Portuguese Higher Education Students

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Serrao, Carla [1 ,2 ]
Valquaresma, Andreia [3 ,4 ]
Rodrigues, Ana Rita [3 ,5 ]
Duarte, Ivone [6 ,7 ]
机构
[1] Inst Politecn Porto, Escola Super Educ, Rua Dr Roberto Frias 602, P-4200465 Porto, Portugal
[2] Polytech Porto, Ctr Res & Innovat Educ, P-4200465 Porto, Portugal
[3] Univ Maia, Dept Social & Behav Sci, P-4475690 Maia, Portugal
[4] Univ Porto, Ctr Vocat Dev & Lifelong Learning, P-4299002 Porto, Portugal
[5] Univ Porto, Ctr Psychol, P-4200135 Porto, Portugal
[6] Univ Porto, Fac Med, MEDCIDS Dept Community Med Informat & Decis Hlth, P-4200450 Porto, Portugal
[7] Univ Porto, Fac Med, Ctr Hlth Technol & Serv Res CINTESIS, P-4200319 Porto, Portugal
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depression; anxiety; stress; self-compassion; higher education; Portugal; cross-sectional study; SCALE; POWER;
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10.3390/healthcare11182494
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R19 [保健组织与事业(卫生事业管理)];
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Higher education is a context that requires students to develop academic, social and institutional tasks. As a result of this complex and multidimensional process, students tend to experience greater stress, anxiety and depression, making it crucial for students to mobilize a set of essential personal, social and instrumental resources, for a more positive adaptation to the academic context. Self-compassion is an adaptative emotion-regulation strategy and may help students to better adjust to academic issues. The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of self-compassion as a mediator in the relationship between anxiety and depression, as well as stress and depression. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted using an online questionnaire distributed through social media. Stress and anxiety were found to be positively related to depression scores and negatively related to self-compassion. A bootstrapped mediation model confirmed the existence of a significant positive partial mediation effect exerted by self-compassion on the relationship between stress and depression (b = 0.12, 95% CI [0.05, 0.18]). The analysis also showed a significant positive partial mediation effect exerted by self-compassion in the relationship between anxiety and depression (b = 0.13, 95% CI [0.08, 0.18]). Conclusions: Self-compassion might partially mediate the relationship between stress and depression and between anxiety and depression. Findings underscore self-compassion as a potentially protective factor against negative psychological symptoms.
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