The COVID-19 pandemic has produced unprecedented changes in the lives of many
people. Although research has documented associations between concerns related to …

Research has suggested an increase in loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic, but
much of this work has been cross-sectional, making causal inferences difficult. In the present …

Objectives There is increasing evidence of the effectiveness of self-compassion in promoting
psychological well-being. However, there are limited validated tools to assess self …

Introduction We investigated whether initial risk classes and heterogeneous trajectories of
self-compassion over the course of the pandemic may impact well-being outcomes 1 year …

Previous research suggested that during the COVID-19 pandemic, mental distress did not
affect all people equally. This longitudinal study aims to examine joint trajectories of …

Background Emotion regulation (ER) is considered central in adolescent psychopathology,
and ER strategies may change during challenging times, such as a global pandemic …

Background The predictive and protective effect of hardiness on mental health remains
unclear among shift workers on non-24-h working schedules. The present study aimed to …

Objective This study aimed to understand the long-term symptom trajectories of Chinese
patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) using piecewise latent growth modeling and …

Abstract Background Self-compassion (SC), reflecting self-attitude and self-connectedness,
has proven to be a modifiable factor in promoting mental health outcomes. Increasingly, SC …

Studies have confirmed that perceived control is strongly negatively correlated with
emotional distress. However, few studies have explored whether perceived stress plays a …