Kotera Yasuhiro, Andrzejewski Denise, Dosedlova Jaroslava, Taylor Elaina, Edwards Ann-Marie, Blackmore Chris
School of Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2HA, UK.
Department of Psychology, Middlesex University, Dubai Block 16, Dubai P.O. Box 500697, United Arab Emirates.
Healthcare (Basel). 2022 Apr 2;10(4):676. doi: 10.3390/healthcare10040676.
High rates of mental health problems are a growing concern in Czech higher education, negatively impacting students' performance and wellbeing. Despite the serious nature of poor mental health, students often do not seek help because of negative attitudes and shame over mental health problems. Recent mental health research reports self-compassion is strongly associated with better mental health and reduced shame. However, relationships between those constructs remain to be evaluated among Czech students. This study aims to appraise the relationships between mental health problems, negative mental health attitudes, mental health shame, and self-compassion in this population. An opportunity sample of 119 psychology students from a Czech university completed questionnaires regarding these constructs. Correlation, regression, and path analyses were conducted. Mental health problems were positively associated with negative mental health attitudes and shame, and negatively associated with self-compassion. Self-compassion negatively predicted mental health problems, while negative attitudes and shame did not. Last, self-compassion fully mediated the negative attitudes-mental health problems relationship, and partially mediated the shame-mental health problems relationship. Findings suggest self-compassion is essential for mental health in Czech students and associated with negative mental health attitudes and mental health shame. Czech universities can benefit from incorporating self-compassion training into their curricula to protect students' mental health.
心理健康问题的高发生率在捷克高等教育中日益受到关注，对学生的学业表现和幸福感产生负面影响。尽管心理健康状况不佳具有严重性，但由于对心理健康问题持消极态度和感到羞耻，学生们往往不寻求帮助。最近的心理健康研究报告称，自我同情与更好的心理健康和减少羞耻感密切相关。然而，在捷克学生中，这些概念之间的关系仍有待评估。本研究旨在评估该人群中心理健康问题、消极心理健康态度、心理健康羞耻感和自我同情之间的关系。来自捷克一所大学的119名心理学专业学生作为机会样本，完成了关于这些概念的问卷。进行了相关性、回归和路径分析。心理健康问题与消极心理健康态度和羞耻感呈正相关，与自我同情呈负相关。自我同情对心理健康问题有负向预测作用，而消极态度和羞耻感则没有。最后，自我同情完全中介了消极态度与心理健康问题之间的关系，部分中介了羞耻感与心理健康问题之间的关系。研究结果表明，自我同情对捷克学生的心理健康至关重要，且与消极心理健康态度和心理健康羞耻感相关。捷克大学可以通过将自我同情训练纳入课程来保护学生的心理健康。
