@article{ref1,
title="Self-criticism and depressive symptoms: mediating role of self-compassion",
journal="OMEGA - Journal of death and dying",
year="2017",
author="Zhang, Huaiyu and Watson-Singleton, Natalie N. and Pollard, Sara E. and Pittman, Delishia M. and Lamis, Dorian A. and Fischer, Nicole L. and Patterson, Bobbi and Kaslow, Nadine J.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="30222817729609-30222817729609",
abstract="Self-compassion is gaining recognition as a resilience factor with implications for positive mental health. This study investigated the role of self-compassion in alleviating the effect of self-criticism on depressive symptoms. Participants were 147 urban, low-income African Americans with a recent suicide attempt. They were administered measures of self-criticism, depressive symptoms, and self-compassion. <br><br>RESULTS from this cross-sectional investigation showed that self-criticism was positively associated with depressive symptoms and negatively associated with self-compassion, and self-compassion was negatively associated with depressive symptoms. Bootstrapping analysis revealed that self-compassion mediated the self-criticism-depressive symptoms link, suggesting that self-compassion ameliorates the negative impact of self-criticism on depressive symptoms. Our findings suggest that low-income African Americans with recent suicide attempt histories may benefit from interventions that focus on enhancing self-compassion. These results also highlight self-compassion as a positive trait with promise to improve people's quality of life and suggest that self-compassion-focused interventions are consistent with a positive psychology framework.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0030-2228",
doi="10.1177/0030222817729609",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0030222817729609"
}