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24-07-2020 | ORIGINAL PAPER

Self-Compassion Buffers the Negative Psychological Impact of Stigma Stress on Sexual Minorities

Auteurs: Kevin Ka Shing Chan, Cherry Sin Wa Yung, George Muyi Nie

Gepubliceerd in: Mindfulness | Uitgave 10/2020

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Abstract

Objectives

The present study aimed to test the associations of stigma stress with negative cognitive outcomes (i.e., self-stigma content and process), affective outcomes (i.e., depressive and anxiety symptoms), and social outcomes (i.e., disconnectedness and loneliness) among lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals and to explore whether self-compassion would moderate these associations.

Methods

A total of 401 LGB individuals from Hong Kong, China, provided cross-sectional questionnaire data on self-stigma content and process, depressive and anxiety symptoms, and social disconnectedness and loneliness. Hierarchical regressions and simple slope analyses were performed to analyze the relations among the variables.

Results

Hierarchical regressions showed significant interactions between stigma stress and self-compassion in predicting self-stigma content and process, depressive and anxiety symptoms, and social disconnectedness and loneliness. Simple slope analyses further demonstrated that the positive associations of stigma stress with the six psychological outcomes were weaker among LGB individuals with high levels of self-compassion than among LGB individuals with low levels of self-compassion.

Conclusions

Theoretically, our findings highlighted the links between stigma stress and maladaptive psychological processes among LGB individuals, as well as the potential protective effects of self-compassion in such processes. Practically, our findings pointed to the necessity of helping LGB individuals cope with stigma stress and increase self-compassion in improving their psychological well-being.
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Titel
Self-Compassion Buffers the Negative Psychological Impact of Stigma Stress on Sexual Minorities
Auteurs
Kevin Ka Shing Chan
Cherry Sin Wa Yung
George Muyi Nie
Publicatiedatum
24-07-2020
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Mindfulness / Uitgave 10/2020
Print ISSN: 1868-8527
Elektronisch ISSN: 1868-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-020-01451-1