The interplay between self-compassion and mindfulness in the explanation of depression and anxiety in depressed individuals

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dc.abstract.enPrevious studies have found that self-compassion and mindfulness are negatively related to depressive and anxiety symptoms. Still, the mechanisms underlying these relationships in major depression and whether such mechanisms differ in healthy people are poorly understood. In the present study, it was examined whether mindfulness and worrying mediated relationships between self-compassion, depression, and anxiety. An alternate model with mindfulness as the predictor and self-compassion as a mediator was also examined. 146 individuals who had been diagnosed as depressed (Mage = 34.49, SD = 10.14) and 198 healthy controls (Mage = 34.44, SD = 12.93) completed an online battery of questionnaires assessing self-compassion, mindfulness, worrying, trait anxiety, and depression. It was found that self-compassion and mindfulness may both function as mediators in predicting emotional distress. Diagnosis of clinical depression did not moderate the effects of mediational relationships in both the main and alternative models. These findings suggest that relationships between mindfulness and self-compassion are reciprocal in the explanation of depression and anxiety symptoms and suggest both mechanisms may contribute to the reduction of anxiety and depression, a claim that needs further experimental validation. Future research may benefit from longitudinal and experimental designs to understand causal precedence and the dynamic nature of the relationship between mindfulness and self-compassion.
dc.affiliationWydział Psychologii w Warszawie
dc.affiliationInstytut Psychologii
dc.contributor.authorRoczon, Patryk
dc.contributor.authorHolas, Paweł
dc.contributor.authorRusanowska, Marzena
dc.contributor.authorKrejtz, Izabela
dc.contributor.authorNezlek, John
dc.date.access2025-07-19
dc.date.accessioned2025-07-19T13:17:10Z
dc.date.available2025-07-19T13:17:10Z
dc.date.created2025-01-14
dc.date.issued2025-07-17
dc.description.accesstimeafter_publication
dc.description.issue2
dc.description.physical16-28
dc.description.versionfinal_published
dc.description.volume27
dc.identifier.doi10.12740/APP/200079
dc.identifier.eissn2083-828X
dc.identifier.issn1509-2046
dc.identifier.urihttps://share.swps.edu.pl/handle/swps/1613
dc.languageen
dc.pbn.affiliationpsychologia
dc.rightsCC-BY
dc.rights.questionYes_rights
dc.share.articleOPEN_JOURNAL
dc.subject.enself-compassion
dc.subject.enmindfulness
dc.subject.endepression
dc.subject.enanxiety
dc.subject.enmajor depression
dc.swps.sciencecloudsend
dc.titleThe interplay between self-compassion and mindfulness in the explanation of depression and anxiety in depressed individuals
dc.title.journalArchives of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
dc.typeJournalArticle
dspace.entity.typeArticle