Kotera Yasuhiro, Kirkman Ann, Beaumont Julie, Komorowska Magdalena A, Such Elizabeth, Kaneda Yudai, Rushforth Annabel
School of Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2HA, UK.
College of Health, Psychology and Social Care, University of Derby, Derby DE22 1GB, UK.
Healthcare (Basel). 2023 Jul 13;11(14):2016. doi: 10.3390/healthcare11142016.
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic impacted people's mental health negatively worldwide, including in non-WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialised, Rich and Democratic) countries. Self-compassion, kindness and understanding towards oneself in difficult times have received increasing attention in the field of mental health. Self-compassion is strongly associated with good mental health in various populations. This narrative review aimed to synthesise the evidence on self-compassion and mental health in non-WEIRD countries during the COVID-19 pandemic. MEDLINE and PsycINFO were searched for empirical studies. Self-compassion was consistently associated with positive mental health in non-WEIRD countries too. However, how, and to what degree, each component of self-compassion impacts mental health remains to be evaluated across different cultures. Future research such as multi-national intervention studies, or component network meta-analysis, is needed to advance our understanding of how self-compassion improves mental health in different populations.
2019年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行在全球范围内对人们的心理健康产生了负面影响，包括在非西方、受过教育、工业化、富裕和民主（WEIRD）国家。在心理健康领域，自我同情、在困难时期对自己的善意和理解受到了越来越多的关注。自我同情与不同人群的良好心理健康密切相关。这篇叙述性综述旨在综合COVID-19大流行期间非WEIRD国家中关于自我同情与心理健康的证据。检索了MEDLINE和PsycINFO数据库以查找实证研究。自我同情在非WEIRD国家也始终与积极的心理健康相关。然而，自我同情的每个组成部分如何以及在多大程度上影响心理健康，仍有待在不同文化中进行评估。需要开展跨国干预研究或成分网络荟萃分析等未来研究，以增进我们对自我同情如何改善不同人群心理健康的理解。
