Mental Health of Czech University Psychology Students : Negative Mental Health Attitudes, Mental Health Shame and Self-Compassion

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14210%2F22%3A00127062" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14210/22:00127062 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/10/4/676" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/10/4/676</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10040676" target="_blank" >10.3390/healthcare10040676</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Mental Health of Czech University Psychology Students : Negative Mental Health Attitudes, Mental Health Shame and Self-Compassion

Original language description

High rates of mental health problems are a growing concern in Czech higher education, negatively impacting students’ performance and wellbeing. Despite the serious nature of poor mental health, students often do not seek help because of negative attitudes and shame over mental health problems. Recent mental health research reports self-compassion is strongly associated with better mental health and reduced shame. However, relationships between those constructs remain to be evaluated among Czech students. This study aims to appraise the relationships between mental health problems, negative mental health attitudes, mental health shame, and self-compassion in this population. An opportunity sample of 119 psychology students from a Czech university completed questionnaires regarding these constructs. Correlation, regression, and path analyses were conducted. Mental health problems were positively associated with negative mental health attitudes and shame, and negatively associated with self-compassion. Self-compassion negatively predicted mental health problems, while negative attitudes and shame did not. Last, self-compassion fully mediated the negative attitudes-mental health problems relationship, and partially mediated the shame-mental health problems relationship. Findings suggest self-compassion is essential for mental health in Czech students and associated with negative mental health attitudes and mental health shame. Czech universities can benefit from incorporating self-compassion training into their curricula to protect students’ mental health.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50101 - Psychology (including human - machine relations)

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

HEALTHCARE

ISSN

2227-9032

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

10

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

12

Pages from-to

1-12

UT code for WoS article

000785539800001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85128326573