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The Effect of Self-Compassion on Procrastination Behavior of College Students: The Chain Mediating Effect of Experience Avoidance and Shame

  • Junmei CHEN ,
  • Yong LYU
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  • 1. Key Research Base of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education, Academy of Psychology and Behavior, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387
    2. Chinese Language and Culture College of Huaqiao University, Xiamen 361021
    3. Faculty of Psychology, Tianjin Normal University , Tianjin 300387
    4. Tianjin Social Science Laboratory of Students’ Mental Development and Learning, Tianjin 300387

Received date: 2022-01-24

  Online published: 2023-03-23

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Abstract

To explore the effect of self-compassion on procrastination and its mechanism, 795 college students were investigated by using Self-Compassion Scale, Aitken Procrastination Inventory, College Student Shame Scale, and Acceptance and Action Scale. The results showed that: 1) self-compassion had a negative predictive effect on college students’ procrastination; 2) shame mediated self-compassion and college students’ procrastination; 3) experience avoidance and shame played a chain mediating role between self-compassion and procrastination.

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Junmei CHEN , Yong LYU . The Effect of Self-Compassion on Procrastination Behavior of College Students: The Chain Mediating Effect of Experience Avoidance and Shame[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2023 , 21(1) : 109 -115 . DOI: 10.12139/j.1672-0628.2023.01.016

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