Australian Catholic University, Australia.
Appl Psychol Health Well Being. 2018 Jul;10(2):215-235. doi: 10.1111/aphw.12127. Epub 2018 Apr 19.
Research suggests that self-compassion may improve mental health by promoting emotion regulation (Berking & Whitley, ). This review aimed to identify studies which investigated the relationship between self-compassion, emotion regulation, and mental health in order to examine the role of emotional regulation as a mechanism of change.
Searches were conducted in PsycINFO, CINAHL, Medline complete, Web of Science and Scopus databases. Inclusion criteria required publications to be: peer reviewed, published in English, contain validated measures of self-compassion and emotion regulation, and report a direct analysis on the relationship between these constructs.
The search yielded five studies which met inclusion criteria. Emotion regulation significantly mediated the relationship between self-compassion and mental health. This pattern was consistent across community and clinical samples, for a range of mental health symptoms including stress, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder. A critical limitation of the review was that all included studies used cross-sectional data, limiting interpretations regarding causation.
Results provide preliminary evidence that emotion regulation may be a mechanism of change in the relationship between self-compassion and mental health. Self-compassion may be a pertinent preliminary treatment target for individuals who avoid experiences of emotions.
研究表明，自我同情可能通过促进情绪调节（Berking & Whitley，）来改善心理健康。本综述旨在确定研究自我同情、情绪调节和心理健康之间关系的研究，以检验情绪调节作为变化机制的作用。
在 PsycINFO、CINAHL、Medline complete、Web of Science 和 Scopus 数据库中进行了检索。纳入标准要求出版物为：同行评审、以英文发表、包含自我同情和情绪调节的有效测量，并直接分析这些结构之间的关系。
搜索结果产生了五项符合纳入标准的研究。情绪调节显著中介了自我同情和心理健康之间的关系。这种模式在社区和临床样本中均一致，适用于包括压力、抑郁和创伤后应激障碍在内的一系列心理健康症状。本综述的一个关键局限性是，所有纳入的研究都使用了横断面数据，限制了对因果关系的解释。
结果初步提供了证据，表明情绪调节可能是自我同情与心理健康之间关系变化的机制。自我同情可能是回避情绪体验的个体的一个重要的初步治疗目标。
