Fears of compassion magnify the harmful effects of threat of COVID‐19 on mental health and social safeness across 21 countries
Marcela Matos
(1)
,
Erika Leonardo Souza
,
Maria Ileana Costa
,
Kirsten Mcewan
(2)
,
Martin Kanovský
(3)
,
Júlia Halamová
(3)
,
Stanley R Steindl
(4)
,
Nuno Ferreira
(5)
,
Mariana Linharelhos
(1)
,
Daniel Rijo
(1)
,
Kenichi Asano
(6)
,
Sónia Gregório
(1, 7)
,
Margarita G Márquez
(7)
,
Sara P Vilas
(7)
,
Gonzalo Brito‐pons
(8)
,
Paola Lucena‐santos
(1)
,
Margareth Silva Oliveira
(9)
,
Erika Leonardo Souza
,
Lorena Llobenes
,
Natali Gumiy
,
Maria Ileana Costa
,
Noor Habib
(10)
,
Reham Hakem
(10)
,
Hussain Khrad
(10)
,
Ahmad Alzahrani
(10)
,
Simone Cheli
(11)
,
Nicola Petrocchi
(12)
,
Elli Tholouli
(13)
,
Philia Issari
(13)
,
Gregoris Simos
(14)
,
Vibeke Lunding‐gregersen
,
Ask Elklit
(15)
,
Russell Kolts
(16)
,
Allison C Kelly
(17)
,
Catherine Bortolon
(18)
,
Pascal Delamillieure
(19, 20)
,
Marine Paucsik
(18)
,
Julia E Wahl
(21)
,
Mariusz Zieba
(21)
,
Mateusz Zatorski
(21)
,
Tomasz Komendziński
(22)
,
Shuge Zhang
(2)
,
Jaskaran Basran
(2)
,
Antonios Kagialis
(5)
,
James Kirby
(4)
,
Paul Gilbert
(2)
1
UC -
University of Coimbra [Portugal]
2 University of Derby [United Kingdom]
3 Comenius University in Bratislava
4 UQ [All campuses : Brisbane, Dutton Park Gatton, Herston, St Lucia and other locations] - The University of Queensland
5 University of Nicosia
6 Mejiro University
7 UEM - Universidad Europea de Madrid = European University of Madrid
8 UC - Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
9 PUC-RS - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul [Brasil] = Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul [Brazil] = Université catholique pontificale de Rio Grande do Sul [Brésil]
10 KFSHRC - King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Resarch Centre [Riyadh, Saudi Arabia]
11 UniFI - Università degli Studi di Firenze = University of Florence = Université de Florence
12 JCU - John Cabot University
13 NKUA - National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
14 UoM - University of Macedonia [Thessaloniki]
15 SDU - University of Southern Denmark
16 Eastern Washington University
17 University of Waterloo [Waterloo]
18 LIP-PC2S - Laboratoire Inter-universitaire de Psychologie : Personnalité, Cognition, Changement Social
19 CHU Caen
20 NU - Normandie Université
21 SWPS - SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities
22 Nicolaus Copernicus University [Toruń]
2 University of Derby [United Kingdom]
3 Comenius University in Bratislava
4 UQ [All campuses : Brisbane, Dutton Park Gatton, Herston, St Lucia and other locations] - The University of Queensland
5 University of Nicosia
6 Mejiro University
7 UEM - Universidad Europea de Madrid = European University of Madrid
8 UC - Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
9 PUC-RS - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul [Brasil] = Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul [Brazil] = Université catholique pontificale de Rio Grande do Sul [Brésil]
10 KFSHRC - King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Resarch Centre [Riyadh, Saudi Arabia]
11 UniFI - Università degli Studi di Firenze = University of Florence = Université de Florence
12 JCU - John Cabot University
13 NKUA - National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
14 UoM - University of Macedonia [Thessaloniki]
15 SDU - University of Southern Denmark
16 Eastern Washington University
17 University of Waterloo [Waterloo]
18 LIP-PC2S - Laboratoire Inter-universitaire de Psychologie : Personnalité, Cognition, Changement Social
19 CHU Caen
20 NU - Normandie Université
21 SWPS - SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities
22 Nicolaus Copernicus University [Toruń]
Erika Leonardo Souza
- Fonction : Auteur
Maria Ileana Costa
- Fonction : Auteur
Kirsten Mcewan
- Fonction : Auteur
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- ORCID : 0000-0002-0945-0521
Martin Kanovský
- Fonction : Auteur
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- ORCID : 0000-0001-6055-6551
Júlia Halamová
- Fonction : Auteur
- PersonId : 808625
- ORCID : 0000-0002-2655-2327
Mariana Linharelhos
- Fonction : Auteur
- PersonId : 808627
- ORCID : 0000-0002-7778-8612
Daniel Rijo
- Fonction : Auteur
- PersonId : 808628
- ORCID : 0000-0002-5368-0770
Sónia Gregório
- Fonction : Auteur
- PersonId : 808629
- ORCID : 0000-0002-8638-4927
Erika Leonardo Souza
- Fonction : Auteur
Lorena Llobenes
- Fonction : Auteur
Natali Gumiy
- Fonction : Auteur
Maria Ileana Costa
- Fonction : Auteur
Noor Habib
- Fonction : Auteur
- PersonId : 808630
- ORCID : 0000-0002-2049-4496
Nicola Petrocchi
- Fonction : Auteur
- PersonId : 808631
- ORCID : 0000-0002-7210-2319
Elli Tholouli
- Fonction : Auteur
- PersonId : 808632
- ORCID : 0000-0002-8984-5696
Philia Issari
- Fonction : Auteur
- PersonId : 808633
- ORCID : 0000-0002-8043-5180
Gregoris Simos
- Fonction : Auteur
- PersonId : 792868
- ORCID : 0000-0003-4033-2010
Vibeke Lunding‐gregersen
- Fonction : Auteur
Ask Elklit
- Fonction : Auteur
- PersonId : 808634
- ORCID : 0000-0002-8469-7372
Russell Kolts
- Fonction : Auteur
- PersonId : 808635
- ORCID : 0000-0002-1803-8002
Catherine Bortolon
- Fonction : Auteur
- PersonId : 172180
- IdHAL : catherine-bortolon
- ORCID : 0000-0002-5118-7827
- IdRef : 19595680X
Pascal Delamillieure
- Fonction : Auteur
- PersonId : 759756
- ORCID : 0000-0003-0215-2430
Marine Paucsik
- Fonction : Auteur
- PersonId : 1109229
Mariusz Zieba
- Fonction : Auteur
- PersonId : 808636
- ORCID : 0000-0002-3492-2236
Mateusz Zatorski
- Fonction : Auteur
- PersonId : 808637
- ORCID : 0000-0002-0043-0815
Tomasz Komendziński
- Fonction : Auteur
- PersonId : 808638
- ORCID : 0000-0003-3273-0764
Shuge Zhang
- Fonction : Auteur
- PersonId : 808639
- ORCID : 0000-0002-6935-8831
Jaskaran Basran
- Fonction : Auteur
- PersonId : 808640
- ORCID : 0000-0002-8640-2953
Antonios Kagialis
- Fonction : Auteur
- PersonId : 808641
- ORCID : 0000-0002-9211-0455
James Kirby
- Fonction : Auteur
- PersonId : 784481
- ORCID : 0000-0001-6978-899X
Paul Gilbert
- Fonction : Auteur
- PersonId : 808642
- ORCID : 0000-0001-8431-9892
Résumé
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic is a massive global health crisis with damaging consequences to mental health and social relationships. Exploring factors that may heighten or buffer the risk of mental health problems in this context is thus critical. Whilst compassion may be a protective factor, in contrast fears of compassion increase vulnerability to psychosocial distress and may amplify the impact of the pandemic on mental health. This study explores the magnifying effects of fears of compassion on the impact of perceived threat of COVID-19 on depression, anxiety and stress, and social safeness. Methods: Adult participants from the general population (N = 4057) were recruited across 21 countries worldwide, and completed self-report measures of perceived threat of COVID-19, fears of compassion (for self, from others, for others), depression, anxiety, stress and social safeness. Results: Perceived threat of COVID-19 predicted increased depression, anxiety and stress. The three flows of fears of compassion predicted higher levels of depression, anxiety and stress and lower social safeness. All fears of compassion moderated (heightened) the impact of perceived threat of COVID-19 on psychological distress. Only fears of compassion from others moderated the effects of likelihood of contracting COVID-19 on social safeness. These effects were consistent across all countries. Conclusions: Fears of compassion have a universal magnifying effect on the damaging impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health and social safeness. Compassion focused interventions and communications could be implemented to reduce resistances to compassion and promote mental wellbeing during and following the pandemic.
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Fears of compassion magnify the harmful effects of threat of COVID‐19 on mental health and social safeness across 21 countries
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Résumé |
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Background: The COVID-19 pandemic is a massive global health crisis with damaging consequences to mental health and social relationships. Exploring factors that may heighten or buffer the risk of mental health problems in this context is thus critical. Whilst compassion may be a protective factor, in contrast fears of compassion increase vulnerability to psychosocial distress and may amplify the impact of the pandemic on mental health. This study explores the magnifying effects of fears of compassion on the impact of perceived threat of COVID-19 on depression, anxiety and stress, and social safeness. Methods: Adult participants from the general population (N = 4057) were recruited across 21 countries worldwide, and completed self-report measures of perceived threat of COVID-19, fears of compassion (for self, from others, for others), depression, anxiety, stress and social safeness. Results: Perceived threat of COVID-19 predicted increased depression, anxiety and stress. The three flows of fears of compassion predicted higher levels of depression, anxiety and stress and lower social safeness. All fears of compassion moderated (heightened) the impact of perceived threat of COVID-19 on psychological distress. Only fears of compassion from others moderated the effects of likelihood of contracting COVID-19 on social safeness. These effects were consistent across all countries. Conclusions: Fears of compassion have a universal magnifying effect on the damaging impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health and social safeness. Compassion focused interventions and communications could be implemented to reduce resistances to compassion and promote mental wellbeing during and following the pandemic.
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Auteur(s) |
Marcela Matos
1
, Erika Leonardo Souza
, Maria Ileana Costa
, Kirsten Mcewan
2
, Martin Kanovský
3
, Júlia Halamová
3
, Stanley R Steindl
4
, Nuno Ferreira
5
, Mariana Linharelhos
1
, Daniel Rijo
1
, Kenichi Asano
6
, Sónia Gregório
1, 7
, Margarita G Márquez
7
, Sara P Vilas
7
, Gonzalo Brito‐pons
8
, Paola Lucena‐santos
1
, Margareth Silva Oliveira
9
, Erika Leonardo Souza
, Lorena Llobenes
, Natali Gumiy
, Maria Ileana Costa
, Noor Habib
10
, Reham Hakem
10
, Hussain Khrad
10
, Ahmad Alzahrani
10
, Simone Cheli
11
, Nicola Petrocchi
12
, Elli Tholouli
13
, Philia Issari
13
, Gregoris Simos
14
, Vibeke Lunding‐gregersen
, Ask Elklit
15
, Russell Kolts
16
, Allison C Kelly
17
, Catherine Bortolon
18
, Pascal Delamillieure
19, 20
, Marine Paucsik
18
, Julia E Wahl
21
, Mariusz Zieba
21
, Mateusz Zatorski
21
, Tomasz Komendziński
22
, Shuge Zhang
2
, Jaskaran Basran
2
, Antonios Kagialis
5
, James Kirby
4
, Paul Gilbert
2
1
UC -
University of Coimbra [Portugal]
( 300567 )
- Portugal
2
University of Derby [United Kingdom]
( 461086 )
- Kedleston Rd, Derby DE22 1GB, United Kingdom
- Royaume-Uni
3
Comenius University in Bratislava
( 356196 )
- Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, Šafárikovo námestie 6, 814 99 Bratislava
- Slovaquie
4
UQ [All campuses : Brisbane, Dutton Park Gatton, Herston, St Lucia and other locations] -
The University of Queensland
( 250752 )
- Brisbane, St Lucia, QLD 4072
- Australie
5
University of Nicosia
( 1040391 )
- Makedonitissis 46, Nicosia 2417, Chypre
- Chypre
6
Mejiro University
( 1143569 )
- 4-31-1 Nakaochiai, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 161-8539
- Japon
7
UEM -
Universidad Europea de Madrid = European University of Madrid
( 300490 )
- Calle Tajo, s/n, Urbanización El Bosque, Villaviciosa de Odón, Madrid, 28670
- France
8
UC -
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
( 252664 )
- Av Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins 340, Santiago, Región Metropolitana, Chili
- Chili
9
PUC-RS -
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul [Brasil] = Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul [Brazil] = Université catholique pontificale de Rio Grande do Sul [Brésil]
( 577345 )
- Avenida Ipiranga 6681, Partenon, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul
- Brésil
10
KFSHRC -
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Resarch Centre [Riyadh, Saudi Arabia]
( 1067803 )
- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Arabie saoudite
11
UniFI -
Università degli Studi di Firenze = University of Florence = Université de Florence
( 148408 )
- Piazza di San Marco, 4, 50121 Firenze FI, Italie
- Italie
12
JCU -
John Cabot University
( 555259 )
- Via della Lungara 233, 00165 Rome, Italy
- Italie
13
NKUA -
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
( 502478 )
- Athens 157 72
- Grèce
14
UoM -
University of Macedonia [Thessaloniki]
( 478903 )
- 156 Egnatia Street, GR-546 36 Thessaloniki, Greece
- Grèce
15
SDU -
University of Southern Denmark
( 50786 )
- 5320 Odense
- Danemark
16
Eastern Washington University
( 335547 )
- 526 5th St, Cheney, WA 99004
- États-Unis
17
University of Waterloo [Waterloo]
( 301081 )
- 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON, Canada N2L 3G1
- Canada
18
LIP-PC2S -
Laboratoire Inter-universitaire de Psychologie : Personnalité, Cognition, Changement Social
( 1043268 )
- Université Grenoble Alpes BP 47 – 38040 GRENOBLE Cedex 9 - FRANCE / Université Savoie Mont Blanc BP 1104 - 73011 CHAMBERY
- France
19
CHU Caen
( 300185 )
- Avenue de la Côte de Nacre 14000 Caen
- France
20
NU -
Normandie Université
( 455934 )
- Esplanade de la Paix - CS 14032 - 14032 Caen Cedex 5
- France
21
SWPS -
SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities
( 1036209 )
- Chodakowska 19/31, 03-815 Warszawa, Poland
- Pologne
22
Nicolaus Copernicus University [Toruń]
( 489854 )
- ul. Gagarina 11, 87-100 Torun
- Pologne
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Langue du document |
Anglais
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Nom de la revue |
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Date de publication |
2021-05-15
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Audience |
Internationale
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Vulgarisation |
Non
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Comité de lecture |
Oui
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Domaine(s) |
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Mots-clés |
en
COVID-19 pandemic, fears of compassion, mental health, moderator effect, multinational study, social safeness
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DOI | 10.1002/cpp.2601 |
PubMed Central | PMC8251194 |
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