@article{ref1,
title="Relationship between self-compassion and nonsuicidal self-injury in middle school students after earthquake: gender differences in the mediating effects of gratitude and posttraumatic growth",
journal="Psychological trauma: theory, research, practice, and policy",
year="2023",
author="Liu, Aiyi and Wang, Wenchao and Wu, Xinchun and Xu, Boya",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: The present study examined the mediating roles of gratitude and posttraumatic growth (PTG) in the association between self-compassion and nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI). It also analyzed the gender differences in the mediating effect among Chinese adolescents after an earthquake. <br><br>METHOD: This study assessed self-compassion, gratitude, PTG, and NSSI via self-report measures among 597 adolescents after earthquake. <br><br>RESULTS: In the entire sample, positive self-compassion (PSC) had a negative effect on NSSI, whereas negative self-compassion (NSC) had a positive effect on it. In addition, gratitude and PTG played significant mediating roles between self-compassion and NSSI. In the male group, the mediating roles of gratitude and PTG in the correlation between self-compassion and NSSI were significant. In the female group, only gratitude had a significant mediating effect between PSC and NSSI. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: PSC was associated with low NSSI levels in adolescents, whereas NSC was associated with high NSSI levels. The mediating effects of gratitude and PTG on the relationship between self-compassion and NSSI were also different by gender. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1942-9681",
doi="10.1037/tra0001423",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/tra0001423"
}