@article{ref1,
title="Exploring the mediating role of self-blame and coping in the relationships between self-compassion and distress in females following the sexual assault",
journal="Journal of clinical psychology (Hoboken)",
year="2019",
author="Hamrick, Lauren A. and Owens, Gina P.",
volume="75",
number="4",
pages="766-779",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: The present study investigated the associations between self-compassion, self-blame, disengagement coping, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression symptom severity among females who had experienced sexual assault. We also examined whether the relationships between self-compassion and both PTSD and depression severity were mediated by self-blame and coping. <br><br>METHOD: A volunteer sample of female adults (N = 207) completed surveys online or on paper. <br><br>RESULTS: Mediational analyses showed that higher self-compassion was associated with lower behavioral self-blame, characterological self-blame (CSB), and disengagement coping which, in turn, were associated with less PTSD. Higher self-compassion was associated with less depression severity directly and indirectly via CSB. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that self-compassion may be relevant for understanding postassault mental health, partially through its associations with self-blame and coping. Clinicians working with sexual assault survivors may choose to augment treatment-as-usual with interventions designed to increase self-compassion.<br><br>© 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0021-9762",
doi="10.1002/jclp.22730",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jclp.22730"
}