Mediation of Self-Compassion on Pathways from Stress and Anxiety to Depression among Portuguese Higher Education Students
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Resumo: | 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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Mediation of Self-Compassion on Pathways from Stress and Anxiety to Depression among Portuguese Higher Education Students |
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Mediation of Self-Compassion on Pathways from Stress and Anxiety to Depression among Portuguese Higher Education Students |
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Mediation of Self-Compassion on Pathways from Stress and Anxiety to Depression among Portuguese Higher Education Students Serrão, Carla Portugal Depression Stress Higher education students Self-compassion Mediation |
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Mediation of Self-Compassion on Pathways from Stress and Anxiety to Depression among Portuguese Higher Education Students |
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Mediation of Self-Compassion on Pathways from Stress and Anxiety to Depression among Portuguese Higher Education Students |
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Mediation of Self-Compassion on Pathways from Stress and Anxiety to Depression among Portuguese Higher Education Students |
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Mediation of Self-Compassion on Pathways from Stress and Anxiety to Depression among Portuguese Higher Education Students |
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Mediation of Self-Compassion on Pathways from Stress and Anxiety to Depression among Portuguese Higher Education Students |
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Serrão, Carla |
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Serrão, Carla Valquaresma, Andreia Rodrigues, Ana Rita Duarte, Ivone |
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Valquaresma, Andreia Rodrigues, Ana Rita Duarte, Ivone |
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Repositório Científico do Instituto Politécnico do Porto |
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Serrão, Carla Valquaresma, Andreia Rodrigues, Ana Rita Duarte, Ivone |
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Portugal Depression Stress Higher education students Self-compassion Mediation |
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Portugal Depression Stress Higher education students Self-compassion Mediation |
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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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