Patrick J. Heath

TL;DR: An in-depth examination of the internal structure of the SCS using oblique, higher-order, and bifactor structural models in a sample of 1,115 college students provided evidence for the presence of 2 distinct factors and did not provide support for the 1-factor composition of self-compassion currently used in research.

TL;DR: Probit regression models with 370 undergraduates showed that self-stigma negatively predicted decisions to seek both mental health and counseling information, with attitudes toward counseling mediating self-Stigma's influence on these decisions.

TL;DR: Overall, these analyses indicate that the DASS-21 would best be used as a general score of distress rather than three separate factors of depression, anxiety, and stress, in the countries studied.

TL;DR: Results indicate that self-compassion is associated with lower levels of help-seeking self-stigma and disclosure risks and support the need for future research focused on the development and assessment of self-Compassion based interventions aimed at decreasing the barriers undergraduate men experience toward seeking psychological help.

TL;DR: Results suggest that clinicians would benefit from tailoring the use of self-compassion and self-coldness interventions, and consistent with the Theory of Social Mentalities, across samples self-Compassion more strongly related to well-being, whereas self- coldness more stronglyrelated to distress.