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To evaluate the prospective relationship between self-compassion, psychological distress, and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in individuals with endometriosis, testing pain catastrophising, pain acceptance, and resilience as mediators.

July 15, 2025Journal of Psychosomatic ResearchOpen Access

The role of self-compassion in protecting psychological wellbeing and health-related quality of life in those with endometriosis: A prospective study

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CSChelsea M. SkinnerUniversity of Canterbury RKRoeline G. KuijerUniversity of Canterbury

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Prospective study demonstrates that self-compassion reduces pain catastrophising and psychological distress in endometriosis, highlighting its value as a psychological intervention target.

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To evaluate the prospective relationship between self-compassion, psychological distress, and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in individuals with endometriosis, testing pain catastrophising, pain acceptance, and resilience as mediators.
Prospective longitudinal study of 264 individuals with endometriosis assessed twice across a 6-month follow-up period.
Assessed self-compassion at baseline (T1), alongside psychological distress (depression, anxiety, stress), HRQoL, pain catastrophising, pain acceptance, and resilience at baseline and 6 months (T2).
Conducted bootstrapped cross-sectional and two-wave prospective mediation analyses to evaluate longitudinal relationships.
Baseline self-compassion was significantly associated with less impairment across all outcomes (r > -0.25, p < .001) and predicted longitudinal reductions in depression (b = -0.28, p < .01) and stress (b = -0.21, p < .05).
Pain catastrophising mediated the relationship between baseline self-compassion and prospective reductions in depression, anxiety, stress, and HRQoL impairment over 6 months.
Pain willingness, activity engagement, and resilience did not significantly mediate the prospective relationship between self-compassion and psychological or quality of life outcomes.

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Skinner et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a14e923c03bfb96ef29f69d https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2025.112322

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Prospective study demonstrates that self-compassion reduces pain catastrophising and psychological distress in endometriosis, highlighting its value as a psychological intervention target.

The role of self-compassion in protecting psychological wellbeing and health-related quality of life in those with endometriosis: A prospective study

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The role of self-compassion in protecting psychological wellbeing and health-related quality of life in those with endometriosis: A prospective study

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