Self-Compassion, Resilience and Mental Health in Community Adults
Shu Ping Chuang1, Jo Yung Wei Wu2, Chien Shu Wang3
1Department of Psychiatry, Zuoying Armed Forces General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Purpose:
To investigate the associations among self-compassion, resilience and mental health of community residents.
Design:
Cross-sectional study.
Setting:
Voluntary survey of web-based, posters-based platform.
Participants:
453 community residents.
Methods:
Participants living in Kaohsiung, Taiwan were recruited from posters, online advertisements based platforms and were assessed with the self-compassion scale (SCS), Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC-25), Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D), The Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) and The Positive Mental Health Scale (PMH-scale) measures during the period from March 1 to October 31, 2023.
Results:
After adjusting for age, gender and education, stepwise regression analysis revealed that isolation, self-judgment, and control accounted for 14% of the variance in depressive symptoms (CES-D) (adjusted R2 = .149, P < .05). Over-identification, self-kindness and control accounted for 26% of the variance in satisfaction with life (SWLS) (adjusted R2 = .263, P < .001). Over-identification, self-kindness, isolation, control and personal competence and tenacity accounted for 37% of the variance in positive mental health (PMH-scale) (adjusted R2 = .375, P < .05).
Conclusions:
Findings suggested that components of self-compassion and resilience may be important factors that promote positive mental health and provide potential interventions for professionals to increase the well-being of community residents.
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