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Article: 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
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 |
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Keywords | self-compassion mental health perceived benefit COVID-19 Hong Kong |
Issue Date | 2020 |
Publisher | Frontiers Research Foundation. The Journal's web site is located at https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry |
Citation | Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2020, v. 11, p. article no. 585270 How to Cite? |
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. Whereas the positive indicators of self-compassion 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. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/294631 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 3.2 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.155 |
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dc.contributor.author | Lau, BHP | - |
dc.contributor.author | Chan, CLW | - |
dc.contributor.author | Ng, SM | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-12-08T07:39:42Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2020-12-08T07:39:42Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2020, v. 11, p. article no. 585270 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1664-0640 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/294631 | - |
dc.description.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. Whereas the positive indicators of self-compassion 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. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Frontiers Research Foundation. The Journal's web site is located at https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Frontiers in Psychiatry | - |
dc.rights | This Document is Protected by copyright and was first published by Frontiers. All rights reserved. It is reproduced with permission. | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.subject | self-compassion | - |
dc.subject | mental health | - |
dc.subject | perceived benefit | - |
dc.subject | COVID-19 | - |
dc.subject | Hong Kong | - |
dc.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 | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Chan, CLW: cecichan@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Ng, SM: ngsiuman@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Chan, CLW=rp00579 | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Ng, SM=rp00611 | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.585270 | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 33250793 | - |
dc.identifier.pmcid | PMC7674650 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85096219976 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 320591 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 11 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | article no. 585270 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | article no. 585270 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000591589700001 | - |
dc.publisher.place | Switzerland | - |