Self-compassion and mental health: Examining the mediational role of health behaviour engagement in emerging adults

IF 3.5 2区 心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL
Camille L. Garnsey, Katherine E. Gnall, Crystal L. Park
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Abstract

Objectives

This observational longitudinal study examines whether engagement in health behaviours (general health behaviours, sleep hygiene, comfort food snacking) mediate the link between self-compassion and mental health among emerging adults.

Design/Method

Participants were 332 emerging adults recruited from a large U.S. University (Mage = 19.0; SD = 1.8) who completed two electronic surveys 7–10 weeks apart (T1 and T2). The Hayes PROCESS macro model #4 was used to test whether engagement in health behaviours at T2 health mediated the association between T1 self-compassion and T2 mental health (5000 bootstrap samples).

Results

T1 self-compassion was significantly associated with all T2 health behaviours except for comfort food snacking. T2 sleep hygiene behaviours mediated the relationship between T1 self-compassion and both T2 depression and T2 anxiety (bootstrapped 95% CIs [−.085, −.029] and [−.064, −.016], respectively), although the total effect of self-compassion on anxiety was no longer significant when accounting for T1 sleep hygiene and T1 anxiety. Overall T2 health behaviour engagement mediated the relationship between T1 self-compassion and T2 depression only (bootstrapped 95% CI [−.044, −.006]), although the mediation was non-significant after accounting for T1 overall health behaviour engagement and T1 depression.

Conclusions

Findings suggest that individuals with higher self-compassion engage more in overall health behaviours and sleep hygiene practices, and that sleep hygiene and general engagement in health behaviours help to explain the link between self-compassion and mental health symptoms over time. These findings highlight the multiple positive downstream effects of fostering self-compassion and have important implications for mental health care providers utilizing self-compassion to support health behaviour engagement in order to promote mental health.

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British Journal of Health Psychology
British Journal of Health Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL-
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期刊介绍: The focus of the British Journal of Health Psychology is to publish original research on various aspects of psychology that are related to health, health-related behavior, and illness throughout a person's life. The journal specifically seeks articles that are based on health psychology theory or discuss theoretical matters within the field.
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