scholarly journals Fears of compassion magnify the harmful effects of threat of COVID‐19 on mental health and social safeness across 21 countries

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcela Matos ◽  
Kirsten McEwan ◽  
Martin Kanovský ◽  
Júlia Halamová ◽  
Stanley R. Steindl ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Safeness ◽  
Fears Of Compassion ◽  
Harmful Effects

scholarly journals Compassionate Coach and Psychological Quality of Life in Portuguese Athletes: Effect of Mediating Variables

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Sara Oliveira ◽  
Marina Cunha ◽  
António Rosado ◽  
Cláudia Ferreira
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Path Analysis ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Competitive Sports ◽  
Social Safeness ◽  
Emotional Processes ◽  
Proposed Model

This study aimed to test a model that hypothesized that the compassionate coach, as perceived by the athletes, has an impact on athlete-related social safeness and psychological health, through shame and self-criticism. The sample comprised 270 Portuguese adult athletes, who practiced different competitive sports. The path analysis results confirmed the adequacy of the proposed model, which explained 45% of the psychological health’s variance. Results demonstrated that athletes who perceive their coaches as more compassionate tend to present higher levels of social safeness (feelings of belonging to the team) and of psychological health, through lower levels of shame and self-criticism. These novel findings suggest the importance of the adoption of supportive, warm, safe, and compassionate attitudes from coaches in athletes’ mental health. This study also offers important insights by suggesting that feelings of acceptance and connectedness in team relationships may be at the root of athletes’ emotional processes and well-being.

scholarly journals Stressed, Depressed, and Rank Obsessed

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey J Kim
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Protective Factor ◽  
Social Rank ◽  
Low Rank ◽  
Big 5 ◽  
Depressive Symptomology ◽  
Self Compassion ◽  
Fears Of Compassion ◽  
Future Work ◽  
Compassion Scale

As social creatures we monitor our relative rank and/or status with others via social comparisons. Whilst research has identified perceptions of inferiority or ‘low rank’ relative to others is a robust predictor of depressive, anxious, and stress symptomology, to date individual differences have been ignored. Here we provide empirical evidence for how divergence across personality traits interact with social rank variables to buffer or predispose toward depressive symptomology. Across three independent samples (N = 595) we replicated a social rank model of mental health, and with our third sample (N = 200) we sought to investigate attenuating roles for neuroticism vs compassion with multiple moderated regression models. Neuroticism predicted greater levels of rank-associated depression, and compassion failed to function as a protective factor for rank-associated depression. However, a closer inspection of the original Big-5 factor-structure positions this scale as a measure of ‘interpersonal submissiveness’ or ‘conflict appeasement’ rather than genuine compassion. Whilst it is necessary to delineate the conditions where compassion is appropriate and able to lead to positive mental-health outcomes, we argue this cannot be addressed with the Big-5 measure of trait compassion. We call for future work to consider valid and reliable measures for compassion, such as the self-compassion scale, submissive compassion scale, and fears of compassion scale, to more fully address how compassion may protect against both rank-based comparisons and severity of depression.

scholarly journals Compassion Protects Mental Health and Social Safeness During the COVID-19 Pandemic Across 21 Countries

Mindfulness ◽  
2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcela Matos ◽  
Kirsten McEwan ◽  
Martin Kanovský ◽  
Júlia Halamová ◽  
Stanley R. Steindl ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Safeness

Loneliness vs. Solitude: Recognizing the Difference for ourselves and for our Clients in Light of COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 368-378
Author(s):  
Jillian Landers
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Side Effects ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Current Literature ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Social Distancing ◽  
Positive Side ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Harmful Effects ◽  
Positive Side Effects

During COVID-19 the practice of social distancing has affected society in various ways. There is still much to learn about the harmful effects of isolation due to social distancing on societal mental health, however, others have noted potentially positive side effects from social distancing such as the observance of solitude (Levine, 2020; Mercier et al., 2021). Solitude and loneliness are distinct experiences (Melvin, 2021). This point of view article contends that Christian social workers should consider the ramifications of both loneliness and solitude in light of COVID-19. This article utilizes Christian scriptures and current literature to define and discuss the differences between loneliness and solitude. There is also a discussion throughout the article about how Christian social workers can recognize and utilize these concepts in their practice with clients and in their own self-care.      

Childhood Emotional Experiences and Eating Psychopathology: The Mediational Role of Different Emotion Regulation Processes

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. S286-S286
Author(s):  
A.L. Mendes ◽  
C. Ferreira ◽  
J. Marta-Simões
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Path Model ◽  
Eating Psychopathology ◽  
Social Safeness ◽  
Model Fit Indices ◽  
Competing Interest ◽  
Fears Of Compassion ◽  
Mediational Role ◽  
The Impact

Positive experiences from childhood have been consistently associated with well-being and with feelings of social safeness and connectedness. On the other hand, the lack of early experiences characterized by warmth, soothing and care may lead to the later experience of fearing to receive compassion from others, to the engagement in self-judgment, and may be associated with a large spectrum of psychopathology. The present study tested a model which hypothesized that the impact of early positive memories with family figures on the engagement in disordered eating is carried by the mechanisms of social safeness and connectedness with others, fears of receiving compassion from others, and self-judgment. The sample comprised 399 women, aged between 18 and 55 years old. The path model accounted for 33% of eating psychopathology's variance and showed excellent model fit indices. Results revealed that the impact of early affiliative memories with family figures on eating psychopathology was totally mediated by the mechanisms of social safeness, fears of compassion from others, and self-judgment. In fact, women who reported a lack of early memories of warmth and safeness with family figures seemed to present lower feelings of safeness and connectedness within social relationships, higher tendency to fear receiving kindness and compassion from others, and more self-judgmental attitudes. These findings support the importance of developing intervention programs in the community, which target maladaptive emotion regulation processes (such as compassionate-based interventions) to promote mental health, especially in a context of early adverse experiences.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Child and adolescent mental health amidst emergencies and disasters

2019 ◽  
Vol 216 (3) ◽  
pp. 159-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Danese ◽  
Patrick Smith ◽  
Prathiba Chitsabesan ◽  
Bernadka Dubicka
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Young People ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Emergency Preparedness ◽  
Adolescent Mental Health ◽  
Child And Adolescent ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Harmful Effects

SummaryThe mental health of children and young people can be disproportionally affected and easily overlooked in the context of emergencies and disasters. Child and adolescent mental health services can contribute greatly to emergency preparedness, resilience and response and, ultimately, mitigate harmful effects on the most vulnerable members of society.

Can Benzodiazepines cause harmful effects on mental health?

1997 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 24S
Author(s):  
M. Mattila-Evenden ◽  
J. Franck
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Harmful Effects

scholarly journals The Role of Social Safeness and Self-compassion in Mental Health Problems: A Model Based on Gilbert Theory of Emotion Regulation Systems

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 237-246
Author(s):  
Khadije Alavi ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Direct Effect ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Social Safeness ◽  
Self Compassion ◽  
Significant Direct Effect

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the role of social safeness and self-compassion, as two essential components of Gilbert’s theory, in mental health. In this regard and based on theoretical foundations, the mediation model of the relationship between social safeness and mental health problems was examined through self-compassion as a mediator. Methods: A total of 344 students from the University of Bojnord, Bojnord City, Iran, in the 2019-2020 academic year were recruited using the cluster sampling method. They were responded to the social safeness and pleasure scale, self-compassion scale (short form), and depression, anxiety, and stress scale. The obtained data were analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). Results: The mediation model showed a good fit (χ2⁄df: 1.77; RMSEA: 0.043; CFI: 0.99; GFI: 0.98; AGFI: 0.96; NFI: 0.98; TLI: 0.98). Beta coefficients indicate significant direct effect of social safeness on self-compassion (Beta=0.57; P≤0.001), significant direct effect of self-compassion on mental health problems (Beta=-0.75; P≤0.001), as well as a significant indirect effect of social safeness on mental health problems (Beta=-0.42; P≤0.001). Conclusion: Social safeness affects mental health problems (depression, anxiety, and stress) through self-compassion as a mediator. A high sense of social safeness protects against depression, anxiety, and stress through increasing self-compassion. However, low social safeness increases vulnerability to depression, anxiety, and stress by reducing self-compassion.

Mental health and houses in multiple occupation

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline Barratt ◽  
Gillian Green ◽  
Ewen Speed
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Poor Mental Health ◽  
Mental Wellbeing ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Safety Control ◽  
Housing Career ◽  
Housing Research ◽  
Potential Risks ◽  
Harmful Effects

Purpose – Previous research has established that there is a relationship between housing and mental health, however, understanding about how and why housing affects mental health is still limited. The purpose of this paper is to address this deficit by focusing on the experiences of residents of houses in multiple occupation (HMOs). Design/methodology/approach – Semi-structured interviews were carried out with 20 HMO residents who were asked about their housing career and experience of living in a HMO. Participants were recruited with assistance from community organisations and landlords. Findings – The physical properties and social environment of the property, as well as personal circumstances experienced prior to the move into the property, all influenced how mental health was affected. The authors identify and discuss in detail three key meditating factors: safety, control and identity which may affect how living in the property impacts the mental health of tenants. Practical implications – Good property management can lessen the potential harmful effects of living in a HMO. However, poorly run properties which house numerous vulnerable people may increase the risk of poor mental health due to attendant high levels of stress and possible risk of abuse. Originality/value – Based on the reports of HMO residents, the authors outline the key mediating processes through which living in HMOs may affect mental wellbeing, as well as illuminating the potential risks and benefits of HMOs, an overlooked tenure in housing research.

Pornography, the Law and Mental Health

1975 ◽  
Vol 126 (3) ◽  
pp. 225-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. E. Kenyon
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Great Britain ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Law ◽  
Harmful Effects

In recent years there has been a resurgence of interest in pornography, particularly in Great Britain and the U.S.A. There have been many more publications on the subject, as well as various surveys and enquiries; some of these have been officially sponsored. Well-publicized prosecutions have helped to keep the topic in the public eye, but at the same time have drawn attention to uncertainties and ambiguities in present-day legislation (Tribe, 1973). Underlying all this is a continuing concern about the possible harmful effects of pornography, its implications for mental health and the need for more research and informed psychological guidance.

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