“…This study failed to do this because the only available data at the time of the study were U.K. students and hospitality workers, who would not make meaningful comparison with our sample. In addition, relating to a limitation of path analysis (Gelfand, Mensinger, & Tenhave, ), there may be a third unmeasured variable in our theoretical model (e.g., self‐compassion or social support), which could reduce mental health symptoms and self‐criticism (Harandi, Taghinasab, & Nayeri, ; Kotera, Conway, et al., ; Kotera, Green, et al., ). Last, although the Attitudes Towards Mental Health Problems Scale and the Forms of Self‐Criticising/Attacking & Self‐Reassuring Scale were translated into Japanese by bilingual researchers, validation of these scales in Japanese is needed.…”