Mindfulness ans self-comparission as predictors of mental health and disquiet

Cilj ovog istraživanja bio je utvrditi odnos samosuosjećanja i usredotočene svjesnosti s depresijom, anksioznosti, stresom i zadovoljstvom životom te ispitati moderatorski utjecaj usredotočene svjesnosti na vezu između samosuosjećanja i depresije, anksioznosti, stresa i zadovoljstva životom. U istraživanju je sudjelovalo N = 345 (84,3 % ženskih i 15,7 % muških) sudionika koji su ispunili Ljestvicu samosuosjećanja (Neff, 2003), Upitnik usredotočene svjesnosti (Brown i Ryan, 2009), Ljestvicu depresivnosti, anksioznosti i stresa (Lovibond i Lovibond, 1995) te Ljestvicu zadovoljstva životom (Diener, Emmons, Larsen i Griffin, 1985). Rezultati hijerarhijske regresijske analize pokazuju da je samosuosjećanje značajan prediktor depresije, anksioznosti, stresa i zadovoljstva životom, na način da više razine samosuosjećanja predviđaju niže razine anksioznosti, depresije i stresa te više razine zadovoljstva životom. Usredotočena svjesnost nije se pokazala kao značajan prediktor navedenih varijabli. Provedenom moderatorskom analizom utvrđen je moderatorski utjecaj usredotočene svjesnosti na odnos samosuosjećanja i anksioznosti i to na način da kod osoba s nižom usredotočenom svjesnošću anksioznost više raste s padom samosuosjećanja, dok kod osoba s višom usredotočenom svjesnošću pad samosuosjećanja nema toliku ulogu u porastu anksioznosti.The aim of this study was to determine the relationship od self-compassion and mindfulness with depression, anxiety, stress and life satisfaction as well as to determine if there is moderational influence od mindfulness on the relationship between self-compassion and depression, anxiety, stress and life satisfaction. A total of N = 345 participants (84,3 % female i 15,7 % male) fulfilled Self-Compassion Scale (Neff, 2003), Mindfulness Attention Awarness Scale (Brown and Ryan, 2009), Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (Lovibond and Lovibond, 1995) and Satisfation with Life Scale (Diener, Emmons, Larsen, Griffin, 1985). Results of hierachical regression analyses showed that self-compassion significantly predicted depression, anxiety, stress and life satisfaction in a way that higher levels of achieved self-compassion are predicting lower levels of depression, anxiety, stress and higher levels of life satisfaction. Mindfulness was not a significant predictor of those variables. Results of moderational analysis showed moderational influence of mindfulness on the relationship between self-compassion and anxiety in the way that anxiety is higher in participants with lower level of mindfulness when self-compassion is dropping, while in participants with higher levels of mindfulness, drop of self-compassion doesn't have influence on the level of anxiety