Self-Compassion, Wellbeing, and Distress in Adolescents and Young Adults with Chronic Medical Conditions: the Mediating Role of Emotion Regulation Difficulties

Objectives Adolescents and young adults with chronic medical conditions report higher distress and lower wellbeing than their physically healthy peers. Previous research suggests that self-compassion is negatively correlated with distress and positively correlated with wellbeing among healthy young...

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Published in:Mindfulness 2021-09, Vol.12 (9), p.2241-2252
Main Authors: Prentice, Karina, Rees, Clare, Finlay-Jones, Amy
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Arthritis
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Child and School Psychology
Child development
Chronic illnesses
Cognitive Psychology
Diabetes
Emotional regulation
Emotions
Inflammatory bowel disease
Mental disorders
Mental health
Mindfulness
Nervous system
Original Paper
Pediatrics
Psychology
Psychopathology
Public Health
Self compassion
Social Sciences
Teenagers
Young adults
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Summary:Objectives Adolescents and young adults with chronic medical conditions report higher distress and lower wellbeing than their physically healthy peers. Previous research suggests that self-compassion is negatively correlated with distress and positively correlated with wellbeing among healthy young people, as well as adults with chronic medical conditions. The current study aimed to extend these findings to a sample of adolescents and young adults with chronic medical conditions. This study also aimed to replicate findings observed in other populations by testing emotion regulation difficulties as a mediator of this relationship. Methods Adolescents and young adults aged 16 to 25 with chronic physical medical conditions ( N  = 107) completed an online survey including measures of self-compassion, emotion-regulation, wellbeing, and distress. Two mediation models were tested using the PROCESS macro in SPSS, with distress and wellbeing as outcomes. Results Self-compassion had a significant direct negative association with distress and a significant direct positive association with wellbeing. While self-compassion and emotion regulation difficulties explained a large amount of variance in both wellbeing, R 2  = .31, p  
ISSN:1868-8527
1868-8535
DOI:10.1007/s12671-021-01685-7