@article{ref1,
title="Brief report: self-compassion, physical health and the mediating role of health-promoting behaviours",
journal="Journal of health psychology",
year="2018",
author="Dunne, Sara and Sheffield, David and Chilcot, Joseph",
volume="23",
number="7",
pages="993-999",
abstract="To test the hypothesis that self-compassion predicts better physical health and that this is partially mediated through health-promoting behaviours, 147 adults completed self-report measures of self-compassion, health-promoting behaviours and physical health. Self-compassion and health-promoting behaviours were negatively associated with physical symptom scores. Self-compassion was positively associated with health-promoting behaviours. A bootstrapped mediation model confirmed a significant direct effect of self-compassion on physical health through health-promoting behaviours (R(2) = 0.13, b = -8.98, p = 0.015), which was partially mediated through health-promoting behaviours (R(2) = 0.06, b = -3.16, 95 per cent confidence interval [-6.78, -0.86]). <br><br>FINDINGS underscore the potential health-promoting benefits of self-compassion.<br><br>© The Author(s) 2016.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1359-1053",
doi="10.1177/1359105316643377",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359105316643377"
}