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Title: | Self-compassion buffers the adverse mental health impacts of COVID-19-related threats: Results from a cross-sectional survey at the first peak of Hong Kong's outbreak |
Authors: | Dr. LAU Hi Po, Bobo Chan, Cecilia Lai-Wan Ng, Siu Man, Dilys |
Issue Date: | 2020 |
Source: | Frontiers in Psychology, Nov. 2020, vol. 11, article no. 585270. |
Journal: | Frontiers in psychology |
Abstract: | COVID-19 has brought tremendous and abrupt threats to various aspects of our daily lives, from school and work to interpersonal relationships. Self-compassion is put forth as a salutogenic perspective on oneself that buffers the adverse mental health impacts of these threats. During the peak of a local outbreak in Hong Kong in Spring 2020, 761 participants completed questionnaires on self-compassion, perceived threats, as well as perceived benefits and psychological distress. Controlling for demographic variables, negative indicators of self-compassion (aka self-coldness) was found to intensify the impacts of threats on psychological distress. The positive indicators of self-compassion also moderated the link between threats and perceived benefits, such that perceived benefits tend to be less related to threats in participants with higher self-compassion. Our findings highlight the impacts of both positive and negative indicators of self-compassion on the adjustment to such unprecedented challenges, and point to the possibility of enhancing people's resilience through fostering self-compassion and alleviating self-coldness. |
Description: | Open access |
Type: | Peer Reviewed Journal Article |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11861/6054 |
ISSN: | 1664-0640 |
DOI: | 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.585270 |
Appears in Collections: | Counselling and Psychology - Publication |
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