Self-compassion and health-promoting lifestyle behaviors in college students

Gedik, Zümrüt

doi:10.1080/13548506.2018.1503692

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“…The original English version of HPLP-II has been shown to be reliable, valid and stable across time based on previous studies [18,37]. It has been widely translated and used to measure health-promoting behaviour in different study populations [16,17,[38][39][40][41][42][43]. Although Malays comprise a significant proportion of the South East Asian population, there is a severe lack of validated tools in the Malay language to measure health-promoting behaviour.…”

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Psychometric properties of the health-promoting lifestyle profile II: cross-cultural validation of the Malay language version

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Background: Health-promoting behaviour is an important concept for health education. Unfortunately, there is a dearth of validated instruments to measure levels of health-promoting behaviour in the Malaysian context. The purpose of this study was to validate a Malay-language version of the Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile II (HPLP-II) using a confirmatory approach. Methods: Participants were 997 university undergraduate students, with a mean age of 21 years (SD = 1.58). The majority of the participants (80.4%) were female. Health-promoting behaviour was assessed using the 52-item HPLP-II, which measures six components of health-promoting behaviour outcomes. HPLP-II was translated into the Malay language using standard forward and backward translation procedures. Participants then completed the HPLP-II Malay version (HPLP-II-M). Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was conducted using Mplus 8.0 software on the six domains of HPLP-II-M model. Results: The CFA result based on the hypothesised measurement model of six factors was aligned with the original HPLP-II, except for two low loading items which were subsequently removed from the CFA analysis. The final CFA measurement model with 50 items resulted in a good fit to the data based on RMSEA and SRMR fit indices (RMSEA = 0.046, 90%CI = 0.045, 0.048, SRMR = 0.062). The construct reliabilities for the HPLP-II-M subscales were acceptable, ranging from 0.737 to 0.878. Conclusion: The HPLP-II-M with six components of health-promoting behaviour outcomes and 50 items was considered valid and reliable for the present Malaysian sample.

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Psychometric properties of the health-promoting lifestyle profile II: cross-cultural validation of the Malay language version

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“…A self-compassionate MS patient would find it easier to accept his/her condition and show adaptive responses to disease-related problems, which in turn would enhance well-being and HRQoL (43). Previous studies showed that self-compassion is positively related to happiness, quality of life, optimism, positive affect, life satisfaction, and health promoting behaviors, while it is negatively associated with depression, anxiety, neuroticism, and negative affect in various samples including college students and HIV patients (27,28,30,32,33,(44)(45)(46). Thus, the current study aimed to compare self-esteem and self-compassion in their association with HRQoL dimensions in MS patients.…”

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Health-related quality of life in multiple sclerosis: Links to mental health, self-esteem, and selfcompassion

Gedik¹

2020

Dusunen Adam

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Objective: To examine the association of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) with mental health, self-esteem, and selfcompassion in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. Method: For this descriptive and cross-sectional study, a total of 89 volunteer Turkish MS patients completed the patient information form, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, Self-Compassion Scale, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, and MS International Quality of Life Questionnaire. Depressed patients were compared with nondepressed patients regarding HRQoL, self-esteem, and self-compassion. Bivariate correlations between HRQoL, self-esteem, self-compassion, and mental health indices were calculated followed by hierarchical regression analyses. Results: Depressed MS patients had significantly lower HRQoL, self-esteem, and self-compassion compared to their nondepressed counterparts. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis showed that physical HRQoL was significantly predicted by disability status and self-compassion, explaining 48% of the total variance. Anxiety and self-esteem explained 52% of the total variance of psychological HRQoL. Social HRQoL was significantly predicted by depression and self-esteem, which explained 21% of the total variance. Conclusion: The effects of MS and disability may not be avoidable, but self-related traits including self-esteem and selfcompassion can be modified through psychosocial interventions to improve HRQoL. The findings of the current study provided insights into which psychosocial factors to address in improving different domains of HRQoL in MS patients. Cultivating selfcompassion may increase HRQoL in the physical domain, while working with self-esteem and self-worth may improve the psychosocial domain.

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“…Self‐compassion facilitates coping with negative life‐events, for example, stress and disappointment related to academic failure (Neely et al, 2009; Smeets et al, 2014). Self‐compassion protects against stress in these situations and is associated with well‐being (Fong & Loi, 2016; Gedik, 2019). Another aspect that is relevant to psychological well‐being is the difference between self‐compassion and self‐esteem.…”

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The effectiveness of smartphone compassion training on stress among Swedish university students: A pilot randomized trial

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Objective To investigate the effects of a 6‐week smartphone compassion training intervention on mental health. Method Fifty‐seven Swedish university students (mean age = 25, SD = 5) reporting high levels of stress were randomized to compassion training (n = 23), mindfulness (n = 19), or waitlist (n = 15). Result Multilevel models indicated that both compassion and mindfulness training increased self‐compassion compared to the waitlist, while only compassion significantly reduced stress. Between‐group effect sizes for compassion compared to waitlist were large for both self‐compassion (d = 1.61) and stress (d = 0.94). Compassion and mindfulness did not differ significantly, but effect sizes were in favor of compassion. Secondary outcomes indicated positive effects on emotional awareness, while no effect was found for global psychological distress. Conclusions Our results suggest that compassion training via a smartphone application can improve self‐compassion and reduce stress among university students. Future studies in larger clinical samples are warranted.

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Self-compassion and health-promoting lifestyle behaviors in college students

Cited by 42 publications

References 15 publications

Psychometric properties of the health-promoting lifestyle profile II: cross-cultural validation of the Malay language version

Psychometric properties of the health-promoting lifestyle profile II: cross-cultural validation of the Malay language version

Health-related quality of life in multiple sclerosis: Links to mental health, self-esteem, and selfcompassion

The effectiveness of smartphone compassion training on stress among Swedish university students: A pilot randomized trial

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