BACKGROUND Depression is a leading global health concern with high suicide rates and recurrence.Cognitive models suggest that mental pain and automatic thoughts are central to depression's impact.The hypothesis is...BACKGROUND Depression is a leading global health concern with high suicide rates and recurrence.Cognitive models suggest that mental pain and automatic thoughts are central to depression's impact.The hypothesis is that self-compassion will be negatively associated with mental pain,mediated by automatic thoughts.AIM To determine the mediating role of automatic thoughts in the relationship between self-compassion and mental pain in individuals with depression.METHODS This cross-sectional study included 389 inpatients with depression from Tianjin Anding Hospital.Participants completed the Self-Compassion Scale-Chinese Version(SCS-C),Automatic Thought Questionnaire(ATQ),and Orbach&Mikulincer Mental Pain Scale-Chinese Version(OMMP).Data were analyzed using Pearson correlations,multiple linear regressions,and mediation analysis.RESULTS The SCS-C total score was 68.95±14.89,ATQ was 87.02±28.91,and OMMP was 129.01±36.74.Correlation analysis showed mental pain was positively associated with automatic thoughts(r=0.802,P<0.001)and negatively with selfcompassion(r=-0.636,P<0.001).Regression analysis indicated automatic thoughts(β=0.623,P<0.001)and self-compassion(β=-0.301,P<0.001)significantly predicted mental pain.Mediation analysis confirmed automatic thoughts partially mediated the relationship between self-compassion and mental pain(ab=-0.269,95%CI:-0.363 to-0.212).CONCLUSION Self-compassion is inversely related to mental pain in depression,with automatic thoughts playing a mediating role.These findings suggest potential therapeutic targets for alleviating mental pain in depressed patients.展开更多
Bullying victimization is widely accepted to be associated with aggression.However,the mechanisms underlying this relationship remain unknown.To examine the long-term impact of bullying victimization on aggression,the...Bullying victimization is widely accepted to be associated with aggression.However,the mechanisms underlying this relationship remain unknown.To examine the long-term impact of bullying victimization on aggression,the present study tested the potential mediating effects of both anger rumination and hostile automatic thoughts.A total of 809 undergraduates from four universities across China(74.80%female;Mage=19.63-years,SD=0.82 years)completed the survey on three occasions,with a 6-month delay between Time 1 and Time 2 and a 1-year interval between Time 2 and Time 3.A crosslagged model of anger rumination and hostile automatic thoughts was developed to test whether they predicted one another,and two structural models were constructed to test their mediating roles in bullying victimization and aggression.Findings indicated that anger rumination and hostile automatic thoughts are mutually predictable;the correlation between bullying victimization and aggression is mediated independently by anger rumination and hostile automatic thoughts,and the chain mediation of bullying victimization predicting aggression first through anger rumination and then through hostile automatic thinking was established.In addition,an alternative mediation model is also significant,with hostile automatic thoughts as the primary mediator and anger rumination as the secondary mediator.These results highlight the significance of anger rumination and hostile automatic thoughts in the long-term effects of bullying victimization on aggression.Interventions designed to reduce undergraduate students’anger rumination and hostile automatic thoughts may help reduce their aggression.展开更多
文摘BACKGROUND Depression is a leading global health concern with high suicide rates and recurrence.Cognitive models suggest that mental pain and automatic thoughts are central to depression's impact.The hypothesis is that self-compassion will be negatively associated with mental pain,mediated by automatic thoughts.AIM To determine the mediating role of automatic thoughts in the relationship between self-compassion and mental pain in individuals with depression.METHODS This cross-sectional study included 389 inpatients with depression from Tianjin Anding Hospital.Participants completed the Self-Compassion Scale-Chinese Version(SCS-C),Automatic Thought Questionnaire(ATQ),and Orbach&Mikulincer Mental Pain Scale-Chinese Version(OMMP).Data were analyzed using Pearson correlations,multiple linear regressions,and mediation analysis.RESULTS The SCS-C total score was 68.95±14.89,ATQ was 87.02±28.91,and OMMP was 129.01±36.74.Correlation analysis showed mental pain was positively associated with automatic thoughts(r=0.802,P<0.001)and negatively with selfcompassion(r=-0.636,P<0.001).Regression analysis indicated automatic thoughts(β=0.623,P<0.001)and self-compassion(β=-0.301,P<0.001)significantly predicted mental pain.Mediation analysis confirmed automatic thoughts partially mediated the relationship between self-compassion and mental pain(ab=-0.269,95%CI:-0.363 to-0.212).CONCLUSION Self-compassion is inversely related to mental pain in depression,with automatic thoughts playing a mediating role.These findings suggest potential therapeutic targets for alleviating mental pain in depressed patients.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32360210)Guangxi Natural Science Foundation project(2022JJA140512)+3 种基金Guangxi Philosophy and Social Science Planning Research Project(22FSH016)Innovation Project of Guangxi Graduate Education(XJCY2022014)Guangxi Normal University Education Information Science and Technology Cultivation Project(2020JY001)Guangxi Normal University Master’s Degree in Psychology“Duxiu”Research Paper Cultivation Program.
文摘Bullying victimization is widely accepted to be associated with aggression.However,the mechanisms underlying this relationship remain unknown.To examine the long-term impact of bullying victimization on aggression,the present study tested the potential mediating effects of both anger rumination and hostile automatic thoughts.A total of 809 undergraduates from four universities across China(74.80%female;Mage=19.63-years,SD=0.82 years)completed the survey on three occasions,with a 6-month delay between Time 1 and Time 2 and a 1-year interval between Time 2 and Time 3.A crosslagged model of anger rumination and hostile automatic thoughts was developed to test whether they predicted one another,and two structural models were constructed to test their mediating roles in bullying victimization and aggression.Findings indicated that anger rumination and hostile automatic thoughts are mutually predictable;the correlation between bullying victimization and aggression is mediated independently by anger rumination and hostile automatic thoughts,and the chain mediation of bullying victimization predicting aggression first through anger rumination and then through hostile automatic thinking was established.In addition,an alternative mediation model is also significant,with hostile automatic thoughts as the primary mediator and anger rumination as the secondary mediator.These results highlight the significance of anger rumination and hostile automatic thoughts in the long-term effects of bullying victimization on aggression.Interventions designed to reduce undergraduate students’anger rumination and hostile automatic thoughts may help reduce their aggression.
