Cross-sectional study explores resilience's role in mental health influenced by stress and childhood experiences in college students, suggesting intervention strategies.
Key Points
This study examines the relationships among self-compassion, adverse childhood experiences, perceived stress, and mental health, focusing on resilience as a mediator.
Cross-sectional study with 657 college students from two universities in China.
Participants completed various scales related to self-compassion, ACEs, perceived stress, resilience, and mental health.
Correlations and mediation effects were analyzed using SPSS Statistics 26 and the PROCESS 4.0 macro.
Self-compassion positively correlated with mental health outcomes.
Adverse childhood experiences and perceived stress negatively correlated with mental health outcomes.
Resilience mediated the relationship between self-compassion, adverse childhood experiences, perceived stress, and mental health.