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Recent research has also identified self-compassion as a negative correlate of depression and positive correlate of psychological well-being in autistic adults. Empirical evidence from the general population supports the notion that being kind and compassionate toward oneself during stressful and difficult moments can help with one's ability to regulate negative emotions, which then has flow-on effects on mental health outcomes. However, the inter-relationship between self-compassion, emotion regulation, and mental health has not been examined in autistic samples. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine if emotion regulation mediates the relationship between self-compassion and anxiety or depression in a sample of autistic adults.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Participants were 153 adults (mean\n                      <jats:sub>age<\/jats:sub>\n                      \u2009=\u200935.70, standard deviation\n                      <jats:sub>age<\/jats:sub>\n                      \u2009=\u200912.62) who had either self-reported a clinical diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder or self-identified as autistic. They completed an online survey capturing self-compassion, emotion regulation, anxiety, and depression. We hypothesized that emotion regulation would mediate the relationship between self-compassion and anxiety or depression, and self-compassion would not mediate the relationship between emotion regulation and anxiety or depression.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>As predicted, only emotion regulation mediated the relationship between self-compassion and mental health outcomes. Self-compassion did not mediate the relationship between emotion regulation and mental health outcomes.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study provides preliminary evidence for the role that self-compassion plays in improving emotion regulation and mental health in autistic adults. If this mechanism of emotion regulation mediating the relationship between self-compassion and mental health is consistently found in future studies, then it would be helpful for future research to examine the clinical benefits of including a self-compassion component in emotion regulation interventions to improve mental health outcomes of autistic adults.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1089\/aut.2022.0068","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,1,30]],"date-time":"2023-01-30T12:43:20Z","timestamp":1675082600000},"page":"335-342","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":25,"title":["The Inter-Relationship of Emotion Regulation, Self-Compassion, and Mental Health in Autistic Adults"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"5","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2954-0495","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ru Ying","family":"Cai","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Aspect Research Centre for Autism Practice, Autism Spectrum Australia, Frenchs Forest, Australia."},{"name":"School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Australia."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Abigail","family":"Love","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Aspect Research Centre for Autism Practice, Autism Spectrum Australia, Frenchs Forest, Australia."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ainslie","family":"Robinson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Aspect Research Centre for Autism Practice, Autism Spectrum Australia, Frenchs Forest, Australia."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Vicki","family":"Gibbs","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Aspect Research Centre for Autism Practice, Autism Spectrum Australia, Frenchs Forest, Australia."},{"name":"Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,8,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_5_2_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1017\/S0033291718002283"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_3_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/19315864.2017.1299267"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_4_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/mpr.1359"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_5_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.comppsych.2019.03.004"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_6_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s10803-017-3274-2"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_7_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3109\/17518423.2013.829534"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_8_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s10803-009-0713-8"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_9_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/aur.1968"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_10_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1037\/1089-2680.2.3.271"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_11_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/BF01319934"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_12_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.rasd.2015.11.003"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_13_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.rasd.2019.101422"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_14_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/aur.1387"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_15_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.pscychresns.2016.08.004"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_16_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.dcn.2014.08.007"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_17_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s10803-015-2359-z"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_18_2","first-page":"648","volume-title":"The Oxford Handbook of Personality Disorders","author":"Taylor GJ","year":"2012","unstructured":"Taylor GJ, , Bagby RM. 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