Brief report: Self-compassion, physical health and the mediating role of health-promoting behaviours.
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 ( R2= 0.13, b = -8.98, p = 0.015), which was partially mediated through health-promoting behaviours ( R2= 0.06, b = -3.16, 95 per cent confidence interval [-6.78, -0.86]). Findings underscore the potential health-promoting benefits of self-compassion.
1 University of Derby, UK.
Sara
S
Dunne
1 University of Derby, UK.
David
D
Sheffield
2 King's College London, UK.
Joseph
J
Chilcot
D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004645:Empathy; D005260:Female; D006262:Health; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012648:Self Care / Q000523:psychology*; D057566:Self Report; D055815:Young Adult
correlation; health behaviours; mediator; physical symptoms; self-compassion