Cognitions as mediators in the relationship between self-compassion and affect |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Organizational Studies, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK;2. Department of Marketing, Lancaster University Management School, Charles Carter Building, D42, Lancaster LA1 4YX, UK;1. Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group, Children''s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, School of Human Kinetics, University of Ottawa, Canada;2. Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation, University of Alberta, Canada;3. School of Kinesiology, University of British Columbia, Canada;4. Faculty of Health Sciences and Sport, University of Stirling, Scotland |
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| Abstract: | Previous studies suggest that self-compassion is related to numerous facets of mental health, but the role of cognitions in this relationship remains unknown. To examine the mediating role of cognitions in the relationship between self-compassion and anxiety, depression, and life satisfaction when controlling for self-esteem in Japanese people, we conducted two studies. Study 1 (N = 231) examined the relationship between self-compassion and affect by modeling negative automatic thoughts as a mediator; Study 2 (N = 233) tested whether positive and negative automatic thoughts meditate this relationship. Results suggested that both self-compassion and self-esteem increased positive automatic thoughts and decreased trait anxiety, whereas only self-esteem increased life satisfaction and decreased depression directly. Positive automatic thoughts increased life satisfaction and decreased depression and trait anxiety, and positive automatic thoughts mediated the relationship between self-compassion and negative affect. These findings suggest that both positive and negative automatic thoughts mediate the relationship between self-compassion and affect in Japanese people. |
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| Keywords: | Self-compassion Self-esteem Automatic thoughts Anxiety Depression Life satisfaction |
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