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World J Psychiatry. Apr 19, 2025; 15(4): 101105
Published online Apr 19, 2025. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v15.i4.101105
Published online Apr 19, 2025. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v15.i4.101105
Self-compassion, automatic thoughts, and mental pain in depression: Mediating effects and clinical implications
Li-Na Ren, Ji-Song Pang, Qiao-Na Jiang, Xiao-Fei Zhang, Lu-Lu Li, Jing Wang, Jian-Gong Li, Yan-Yan Ma, Department of Psychiatry, Tianjin Anding Hospital, Mental Health Center of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300222, China
Wei Jia, Department of Geriatrics, Ningxian People's Hospital, Qingyang 745200, Gansu Province, China
Co-first authors: Li-Na Ren and Ji-Song Pang.
Author contributions: Li JG, Ma YY, and Jia W contributed to the design of the study; Ren LN, Zhang XF, Li LL, and Wang J wrote the first edition of the manuscript and performed the experiments; Ren LN, Pang JS, and Jiang QN made the figures; Ren LN and Jia W revised the version of the manuscript finally; All authors have reviewed and approved this manuscript and consented to publish this manuscript.
Institutional review board statement: The study protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee of Tianjin Anding Hospital (Approval No. 2024-52).
Informed consent statement: All study participants, or their legal guardian, provided informed written consent prior to study enrollment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.
STROBE statement: The authors have read the STROBE Statement—checklist of items, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the STROBE Statement—checklist of items.
Data sharing statement: All data generated or analyzed during this study are included in this published article. Additional data related to this research are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request at 18993493142@163.com.
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Corresponding author: Wei Jia, MD, Department of Geriatrics, Ningxian People's Hospital, No. 4 Baojian Road, Xinning Town, Qingyang 745200, Gansu Province, China.
Received: September 4, 2024
Revised: November 17, 2024
Accepted: February 7, 2025
Published online: April 19, 2025
Processing time: 202 Days and 2.6 Hours
Revised: November 17, 2024
Accepted: February 7, 2025
Published online: April 19, 2025
Processing time: 202 Days and 2.6 Hours
Core Tip
Core Tip: This observational study reveals that self-compassion is negatively correlated with mental pain in individuals with depression, while automatic thoughts mediate this relationship. The findings underscore the importance of self-compassion in reducing mental pain and suggest that addressing automatic thoughts could be a key intervention for improving mental health outcomes in depression.