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Objective: The long-term protective effect of self-compassion on mental health remained unclear in the pandemic context. This study aimed to investigate the trajectories of depression and anxiety symptoms and the role of selfcompassion during the pandemic. Methods: In this one-year five-wave longitudinal study (retested every three months from February 2020 to February 2021), 494 Chinese college students completed the study through online questionnaires and provided information on depression and anxiety symptoms, self-compassion, and sociodemographic variables. Independent and joint trajectories of depression and anxiety symptoms were explored by growth mixture models. Predictive effects of self-compassion on trajectories were examined by logistic regression models. Results: Four and three heterogeneous latent trajectories were identified for depression and anxiety symptoms, respectively. Three distinct joint trajectories of depression and anxiety were determined: low symptoms group (54.0 %), mild symptoms group (34.4 %), and risk group (11.5 %). Participants with higher levels of selfcompassion were more likely to follow the low symptoms trajectory of depression and anxiety sympto

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Author

Kaixin Liang; Liuyue Huang; Diyang Qu; He Bu; Xinli Chi

Publisher

Elsevier BV

Published

2022

Language

EN

Field

Psychology (Social Sciences)