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Thought suppression as a mediator of the relationship between self-compassion and anxiety and obsession

Abstract

This study examined the mediating effects of thought suppression on the relationship between self-compassion and anxiety and obsession. A thought suppression inventory that assesses thought suppression and intrusion separately and evaluates successive suppression was used. Participants, consisting of 194 nonclinical undergraduate and graduate students, completed self-administered questionnaires on self-compassion, thought suppression, anxiety and obsession. The results indicated that self-compassion was significantly associated with intrusion, successful thought suppression, and anxiety and obsession. Only intrusion mediated the relationship between self-compassion and anxiety and between self-compassion and obsession. The findings offer a rationale for psychotherapeutic approaches that have self-compassion as a process variable such as ACT and CFT. The implications of this study are discussed with future suggestions.

keywords
자기-자비, 불안, 강박, 사고 억제, ACT, CFT., self-compassion, thought suppression, anxiety, obsession, ACT, CFT.

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