Structural Modelling of the Relationship between Mindfulness, Self-Determination, Self-Compassion and Alexithymia in Girl Students Engaged in Self-Injury

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1 MA Student, School Counseling, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Ardakan University, Ardakan, Iran

2 PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Counseling, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Ardakan University, Ardakan, Iran (Corresponding author, email: y.rezapour@ardakan.ac.ir)

3 PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Counseling, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Ardakan University, Ardakan, Iran

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the structural modeling of the relationship between mindfulness, self-determination, self-compassion and alexithymiaamong female students who engage in self-injury. The present research was conducted with a correlational method that performed by structural equation modeling. The study population consisted female high school students in Fooladshahr in 2019-2020. Using purposeful sampling method, 91 subjects were selected and completed Freiburg's mindfulness questionnaire, self-compassion, self-determination scale, and alexithymia. Data were analyzed by structural equation modeling using SMART-PLS software. Findings showed that mindfulness had a direct positive effect on both self-compassion and self-determination and had a direct negative effect on alexithymia. Moreover, self-determination had a direct positive effect on self-compassion and had a negative direct effect on alexithymia (p < 0.01). However, investigating indirect relationships showed that mindfulness indirectly by increase self-determination resulted in increasing self-compassion and decreeing alexithymiain girl adolescents who engage in self-injury (p < 0.01). Therefore, it can be concluded that self-determination plays a significant mediating role in the relationship between mindfulness and self-compassion and also in the relationship between mindfulness and alexithymia among girl students who engage in self-injury.

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Journal of Modern Psychological Researches
Volume 15, Issue 60 - Serial Number 60
January 2021
Pages 149-169

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  • Receive Date: 16 July 2020
  • Revise Date: 16 August 2020
  • Accept Date: 20 September 2020

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