ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Psychol.
Sec. Health Psychology
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1450174
This article is part of the Research TopicNovel Intervention Models Transcending Borders for Stress Management - Volume IIIView all 9 articles
The Relationship Between Facial Negative Physical Self and Social Anxiety in College Students: the Role of Rumination and Self-compassion
Provisionally accepted
- North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, China
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Background:To investigate the association between facial negative physical self, social anxiety, rumination, and self-compassion among college students in western ChinaMethods: 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 (B=0.46, t= 17.66, p<0.01), and the mediating effect of facial negative physical self on social anxiety accounted for 48. 1% of the total effect; self-compassion moderated the effect of rumination on social anxiety (B=-0.06, t=3.00, p<0.01).Conclusions: 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.
Keywords: rumination, self-compassion, social anxiety, moderated mediation model, Facial negative physical self
Received: 17 Jun 2024; Accepted: 13 May 2025.
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* Correspondence:
Yuxian Yan, North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, China
Jiaming Luo, North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, China
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