PMID- 35846239
OWN - NLM
STAT- Publisher
LR  - 20240216
IS  - 1046-1310 (Print)
IS  - 1936-4733 (Electronic)
IS  - 1046-1310 (Linking)
DP  - 2022 Jul 11
TI  - Latent profiles of multi-dimensionality of self-compassion predict youth 
      psychological adjustment outcomes during the COVID-19: A longitudinal mixture 
      regression analysis.
PG  - 1-12
LID - 10.1007/s12144-022-03378-3 [doi]
AB  - The multi-dimensionality of self-compassion and its influence on college 
      students' adjustments have not been widely examined during the COVID-19 pandemic. 
      The current study aims to explore profiles of self-compassion dimensions in 
      Chinese college students and examine the predictive effects of different profiles 
      on students' adjustment outcomes. A longitudinal online survey of college 
      students was conducted in mainland China. In May of 2020, college students 
      (N = 1361) completed Neff's Self-Compassion Scale-Short Form during the home 
      quarantine period. Six months after the baseline assessment, students (N = 717) 
      reported their level of anxiety symptoms, depression symptoms, insomnia symptoms, 
      complex post-traumatic stress (CPTSD) symptoms, post-traumatic growth (PTG), and 
      positive youth development (PYD). A latent profile analysis was adopted to 
      identify profiles of self-compassion dimensions. A longitudinal regression 
      mixture model was used to examine the predictive effects of different 
      self-compassion profiles on college students' adjustment outcomes. Three classes 
      best characterized the self-compassion dimensions of college students: the 
      compassionate group (54.1%), the uncompassionate group (38.6%), and the extremely 
      uncompassionate group (7.3%). College students in the compassionate group scored 
      significantly higher on positive adjustment indicators (PTG and PYD), and 
      significantly lower on negative adjustment indicators (anxiety, depression, 
      insomnia, and CPTSD symptoms) than students in the other two groups. College 
      students in the uncompassionate group scored significantly lower on negative 
      indicators, and higher on PYD scores than students in the extremely 
      uncompassionate group, but did not differ in PTG levels from students in the 
      extremely uncompassionate group. College students in the compassionate group 
      adjusted best across groups. The limitations that using a composite score to 
      represent the relative balance of self-compassion dimensions were highlighted. 
      Intervention programs need to focus on improving the level of positive 
      self-responses in college students.
CI  - (c) The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 
      part of Springer Nature 2022.
FAU - Chi, Xinli
AU  - Chi X
AD  - Center for Mental Health, School of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 
      518061 China. GRID: grid.263488.3. ISNI: 0000 0001 0472 9649
FAU - Huang, Liuyue
AU  - Huang L
AD  - Center for Mental Health, School of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 
      518061 China. GRID: grid.263488.3. ISNI: 0000 0001 0472 9649
FAU - Zhang, Junjie
AU  - Zhang J
AD  - Collaborative Innovation Center of Assessment for Basic Education Quality, 
      Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875 China. GRID: grid.20513.35. ISNI: 0000 
      0004 1789 9964
FAU - Wang, Enna
AU  - Wang E
AD  - School of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350 China. GRID: 
      grid.33763.32. ISNI: 0000 0004 1761 2484
FAU - Ren, Yizhen
AU  - Ren Y
AD  - Beijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, 
      Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875 China. GRID: grid.20513.35. ISNI: 0000 
      0004 1789 9964
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20220711
PL  - United States
TA  - Curr Psychol
JT  - Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.)
JID - 8912263
PMC - PMC9273687
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - College students
OT  - Longitudinal design
OT  - Mixture regression analysis
OT  - Psychological adjustment
OT  - Self-compassion
COIS- Conflicts of interestDeclaration of interest: none.
EDAT- 2022/07/19 06:00
MHDA- 2022/07/19 06:00
PMCR- 2022/07/11
CRDT- 2022/07/18 03:59
PHST- 2022/06/20 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/07/18 03:59 [entrez]
PHST- 2022/07/19 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/07/19 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2022/07/11 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 3378 [pii]
AID - 10.1007/s12144-022-03378-3 [doi]
PST - aheadofprint
SO  - Curr Psychol. 2022 Jul 11:1-12. doi: 10.1007/s12144-022-03378-3.