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Self-compassion mediates the relationship between COVID-19-related stress and body image disturbance: Evidence from the United Kingdom under lockdown

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posted on 2023-08-30, 18:42 authored by Viren Swami, Jennifer Todd, Charlotte Robinson, Adrian Furnham
The ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and attendant lockdown mandates may have detrimental effects on body image outcomes, which in turn highlights the importance of identifying protective factors. Here, we examined associations between COVID-19-related stress and body image disturbance, as well as the potential mediating and moderating role of self-compassion. During the third lockdown in the United Kingdom, we asked an online sample of adults (N = 600) to complete measures of COVID-19-related stress, body image disturbance, and self-compassion. Mediation analysis showed that higher COVID-19-related stress was significantly associated with greater body image disturbance, and that this relationship was mediated by self-compassion. In contrast, self-compassion did not significantly moderate the effects of stress on body image disturbance. These results suggest that promoting greater self-compassion may be a viable means of mitigating adverse outcomes from the COVID-19 pandemic on body image disturbance.

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Refereed

  • Yes

Volume

183

Page range

111130

Publication title

Personality and Individual Differences

ISSN

0191-8869

Publisher

Elsevier

File version

  • Accepted version

Language

  • eng

Legacy posted date

2021-07-19

Legacy creation date

2021-07-19

Legacy Faculty/School/Department

COVID-19 Research Collection

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