The relationship between facial negative physical self and social anxiety in college students: the role of rumination and self-compassion
BackgroundTo investigate the association between facial negative physical self, social anxiety, rumination, and self-compassion among college students in western China.MethodsA questionnaire was used to conduct an online survey of 1, 178 students from a university in western China through convenienc...
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| description | BackgroundTo investigate the association between facial negative physical self, social anxiety, rumination, and self-compassion among college students in western China.MethodsA 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.ResultsIn 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).ConclusionFacial 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. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-fd52830e62ef45e3a3cec0241aa415e02025-08-20T02:35:46ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782025-06-011610.3389/fpsyg.2025.14501741450174The relationship between facial negative physical self and social anxiety in college students: the role of rumination and self-compassionYuxian YanXinyu ZhouJinhui ZhouYin ChenYan ZhangXin ZhouJiaming LuoBackgroundTo investigate the association between facial negative physical self, social anxiety, rumination, and self-compassion among college students in western China.MethodsA 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.ResultsIn 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).ConclusionFacial 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.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1450174/fullruminationself-compassionsocial anxietymoderated mediation modelfacial negative physical self |
| spellingShingle | Yuxian Yan Xinyu Zhou Jinhui Zhou Yin Chen Yan Zhang Xin Zhou Jiaming Luo The relationship between facial negative physical self and social anxiety in college students: the role of rumination and self-compassion Frontiers in Psychology rumination self-compassion social anxiety moderated mediation model facial negative physical self |
| title | The relationship between facial negative physical self and social anxiety in college students: the role of rumination and self-compassion |
| title_full | The relationship between facial negative physical self and social anxiety in college students: the role of rumination and self-compassion |
| title_fullStr | The relationship between facial negative physical self and social anxiety in college students: the role of rumination and self-compassion |
| title_full_unstemmed | The relationship between facial negative physical self and social anxiety in college students: the role of rumination and self-compassion |
| title_short | The relationship between facial negative physical self and social anxiety in college students: the role of rumination and self-compassion |
| title_sort | relationship between facial negative physical self and social anxiety in college students the role of rumination and self compassion |
| topic | rumination self-compassion social anxiety moderated mediation model facial negative physical self |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1450174/full |
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