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Why Does Positive Mental Health Buffer Against Psychopathology? An Exploratory Study on Self-Compassion as a Resilience Mechanism and Adaptive Emotion Regulation Strategy
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, as it continuously provides a friendly, accepting and situational context for negative experiences, functions as a resilience mechanism and adaptive emotion regulation strategy that protects against psychopathology for those with high levels of positive mental health. Participants from the general population (n = 349) provided measures at one time-point on positive mental health (MHC-SF), self-compassion (SCS-SF), psychopathology (HADS) and negative affect (mDES). Self-compassion significantly mediated the negative relationship between positive mental health and psychopathology. Furthermore, higher levels of self-compassion attenuated the relationship between state negative affect and psychopathology. Findings suggest that especially individuals with high levels of positive mental health possess self-compassion skills that promote resilience against psychopathology. These might function as an adaptive emotion regulation strategy and protect against the activation of schema related to psychopathology following state negative affective experiences. Enhancing self-compassion is a promising positive intervention for clinical practice. It will not only impact psychopathology through reducing factors like rumination and self-criticism, but also improve positive mental health by enhancing factors such as kindness and positive emotions. This may reduce the future risk of psychopathology.
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- Authors
- Trompetter, H. R., de Kleine, E., & Bohlmeijer, E. T.
- Affiliations
- University of Twente (NL)
- Corresponding author
- Trompetter, Hester R.
- Venue
- Cognitive Therapy and Research
- Published
- 2016-04-09
- Volume
- 41
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 459-468
- ISSN
- 0147-5916 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-2819
- PMC
- PMC5410199
- OpenAlex
- W2333155214
- Cited by
- 368
- References
- 54
- Citations by year
- 2026: 27 · 2025: 45 · 2024: 33 · 2023: 36 · 2022: 42 · 2021: 53 · 2020: 39 · 2019: 28 · 2018: 46 · 2017: 16 · 2016: 3
- FWCI
- 41.50
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Locations
- Cognitive Therapy and Research (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Research portal (Tilburg University) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- University of Twente Research Information (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- University of Twente Research Information (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Keywords
- positive mental health, self-compassion, psychopathology, resilience, emotion regulation, negative affect, mediation, protective factors, self-criticism, rumination, kindness, positive emotions
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