ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2026
Self-compassion and psychological help-seeking delay: an indirect association through mental health problems and negative academic emotions.
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Objective: This study aimed to examine the associations among self-compassion, mental health status, negative academic emotions, and psychological help-seeking delay among college students, with particular attention to the indirect associations involving mental health status and negative academic emotions. Methods: A convenience sampling method was used to survey 753 college students. Data were collected using the Self-Compassion Scale, General Health Questionnaire, Negative Academic Emotions Scale, and Psychological Help-Seeking Delay Scale. Structural equation modeling was conducted to examine the proposed pattern of associations among the study variables, and indirect associations were evaluated using bootstrapping procedures. Results: Significant correlations were found among the key variables ( Conclusion: Self-compassion was directly associated with psychological help-seeking delay among college students and was also indirectly associated with help-seeking delay through mental health problems and negative academic emotions, both independently and sequentially. Given the cross-sectional design, these findings should be interpreted as associational rather than causal, and longitudinal studies are needed to confirm the proposed directional relationships among these variables.
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