Longitudinal relationships between self-compassion and depressive symptoms in midlife women.

IF 2.9 4区医学 Q1 OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY Climacteric Pub Date : 2023-12-01 DOI:10.1080/13697137.2023.2256651

K Gavralas, L Brown, C Bryant

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Objective: Women in midlife face a range of biopsychosocial stressors that increase the risk of depression, with potential negative consequences in older adulthood. Lower self-compassion is known to predict subsequent depressive symptoms, but little is known about whether depressive symptoms predict subsequent levels of self-compassion. This study examined the longitudinal and reciprocal relationships between self-compassion and depressive symptoms over a 5-year period in midlife.

Method: This longitudinal study used data from 272 women aged 40-60 years at baseline. Cross-lagged panel analysis was used to investigate reciprocal relationships between depressive symptoms and self-compassion at baseline and 5-year follow-up.

Results: After controlling for autoregressive effects, self-compassion at baseline explained 4% of unique variance in depressive symptoms 5 years later. Baseline depressive symptoms also predicted subsequent levels of self-compassion, with 2% of unique variance explained.

Conclusion: This is the first study to report a bidirectional longitudinal relationship between self-compassion and depressive symptoms. Midlife women may experience a negative cycle whereby low self-compassion and depressive symptoms reinforce each other through midlife and into older adulthood. Clinical trials examining self-compassion interventions in midlife are indicated.

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中年女性自我同情与抑郁症状之间的纵向关系。

目的：中年女性面临一系列生物心理社会压力，这些压力会增加患抑郁症的风险，并在成年后产生潜在的负面后果。已知较低的自我同情可以预测随后的抑郁症状，但对抑郁症状是否可以预测随后水平的自我同情知之甚少。这项研究调查了中年人5年来自我同情与抑郁症状之间的纵向和相互关系。方法：这项纵向研究使用了272名40-60岁女性的数据年。交叉滞后面板分析用于研究基线和5年随访时抑郁症状和自我同情之间的相互关系。结果：在控制了自回归效应后，基线时的自我同情解释了抑郁症状4%的独特方差5 几年后。基线抑郁症状也预测了随后的自我同情水平，2%的独特方差得到了解释。结论：这是首次报道自我同情与抑郁症状之间双向纵向关系的研究。中年女性可能会经历一个消极的循环，在这个循环中，低自我同情和抑郁症状会在中年和成年后相互强化。研究中年自我同情干预的临床试验表明。

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Climacteric 医学-妇产科学

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1.70

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1 months

期刊介绍： Climacteric is the official journal of the International Menopause Society (IMS). As an international peer-reviewed journal it publishes original research and reviews of all aspects of aging in women. Climacteric was founded by the IMS in 1998 and today has become a leading journal in the publication of peer-reviewed papers on the menopause, climacteric and mid-life health. Topics covered include endocrine changes, symptoms attributed to the menopause and their treatment, hormone replacement and alternative therapies, lifestyles, and the counselling and education of peri- and postmenopausal women. Climacteric, published bimonthly, also features regular invited reviews, editorials and commentaries on recent developments. The editorial review board of Climacteric includes leading scientific and clinical experts in the field of midlife medicine and research and is headed by its Editor-in-Chief, Professor Rod Baber of Australia. He and his team of Associate Editors act independently to set a clear editorial policy, co-ordinate peer review, and ensure a rapid response to submitted papers.