Mental health of Indonesian university students: U.K. comparison and relationship between mental health shame and self-compassion.
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Authors | Yasuhiro Kotera, Hiromasa Kotera, Elaina Taylor, Juliet Wilkes, Rory Colman and Riswani Riswani |
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Abstract | While the Indonesian higher education has been growing rapidly, poor student mental health including a high level of mental health shame is a cause for concern in Indonesia. This study aimed to evaluate their mental health, shame, and self-compassion. One hundred fifty six participants completed self-report measures regarding mental health problems (depression, anxiety, and stress), mental health shame (negative attitudes, and external, internal, and reflected shame), and self-compassion. Data were first compared with 145 U.K. students, then correlation and regression analyses were performed. Indonesian students showed higher levels of mental health problems, family-related mental health shame, and self-compassion than U.K. students. Each type of mental health problem and mental health shame were positively associated with each other. Self-compassion was negatively associated with mental health problems, but not with mental health shame. Self-compassion was consistently the strongest predictor of mental health problems. Among the mental health shame types, only family external shame predicted the level of depression. Self-compassion training and mental health education for their family are recommended to protect the mental health of university students in Indonesia. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) |
Keywords | mental health; Indonesian students ; self compassion; mental health shame |
Year | 2022 |
Journal | Stigma and Health |
Journal citation | pp. 1-11 |
Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) |
ISSN | 2376-6964 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1037/sah0000420 |
Web address (URL) | https://doi.org/10.1037/sah0000420 |
Accepted author manuscript | File Access Level Open |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | 03 Nov 2022 |
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Deposited | 08 Dec 2022 |
https://repository.derby.ac.uk/item/9vw10/mental-health-of-indonesian-university-students-u-k-comparison-and-relationship-between-mental-health-shame-and-self-compassion
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