ArticleFrontiers in psychology2025
The relationship between facial negative physical self and social anxiety in college students: the role of rumination and self-compassion.
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- The mediating effect of self-compassion and cognitive emotion regulation on the relationship between tolerance and social appearance anxiety in adolescents.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Appearance anxiety and college students' exercise participation: a chain mediation model of negative body image and exercise self-efficacy.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Rumination and Nomophobia Among University Students in Jilin Province: Indirect and Moderating Associations.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2026Article
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Abstract
Background: To investigate the association between facial negative physical self, social anxiety, rumination, and self-compassion among college students in western China. Methods: A questionnaire was used to conduct an online survey of 1, 178 students from a university in western China through convenience sampling using the Self-Compassion Scale, the Ruminative Response Scale, the Negative Physical Self Scale-facial appearance sub-scale and the Interaction Anxiousness Scale. Results: In the mediation model, the total predictive effect of facial negative physical self on social anxiety was significant ( Conclusion: Facial negative physical self affects the level of social anxiety of college students through rumination, and self-compassion regulates the effect of rumination on social anxiety. Students should be encouraged to increase their level of self-compassion or be provided with self-compassion intervention training, which can help reduce social anxiety.
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