TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Relationship of rumination and self-compassion to posttraumatic stress symptoms among Veterans
JO  - Military psychology
A1  - Ramon, Abigail E.
A1  - Possemato, Kyle
A1  - Bergen-Cico, Dessa
SP  - 121
EP  - 128
VL  - 34
IS  - 1
N2  - Past research demonstrates interrelationships amongst rumination, self-compassion, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. However, little research has considered rumination and self-compassion together in relation to PTSD in clinical populations. In this cross-sectional study, we examined the unique effect of self-compassion on PTSD beyond the effect of rumination. Secondarily, we examined if rumination mediates the effect of self-compassion on PTSD. Participants included 52 US military Veterans (73.1% male) enrolled in a community support program for PTSD who completed self-report measures of study variables at one time point. Hierarchical regression results showed rumination was related to higher PTSD scores (f2 =.12; small ES) in step one, and the addition of self-compassion in step two was related to lower PTSD scores (f2 =.10; small ES) and explained a unique 9% of the variance. In contrast to previous research, results showed self-compassion mediated the relationship between rumination and PTSD, with a significant indirect effect (ab) of.20 (95% confidence interval [CI] =.028 to.457). <br><br>FINDINGS suggest the explanatory value of self-compassion for PTSD after accounting for rumination and may also reflect a process where rumination about behaviors one regrets gives rise to uncompassionate responding, which then contributes to greater PTSD.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0899-5605
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08995605.2021.1976040
ID  - ref1
ER  -