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Psychiatry"],"abstract":"<jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study aimed to examine the associations among self-compassion, mental health status, negative academic emotions, and psychological help-seeking delay among college students, with particular attention to the indirect associations involving mental health status and negative academic emotions.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A convenience sampling method was used to survey 753 college students. Data were collected using the Self-Compassion Scale, General Health Questionnaire, Negative Academic Emotions Scale, and Psychological Help-Seeking Delay Scale. Structural equation modeling was conducted to examine the proposed pattern of associations among the study variables, and indirect associations were evaluated using bootstrapping procedures.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Significant correlations were found among the key variables (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      s &amp;lt; 0.001). Analyses of indirect associations revealed significant indirect associations involving mental health problems and negative academic emotions in the association between self-compassion and psychological help-seeking delay. The total effect between self-compassion and psychological help-seeking delay was significant (\n                      <jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a0-0.46, 95% CI [-0.527, -0.391]). Specifically, significant indirect associations were observed involving mental health problems (\n                      <jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a0-0.09, 95% CI [-0.185, -0.022]) and negative academic emotions (\n                      <jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a0-0.13, 95% CI [-0.240, -0.056]). Furthermore, a significant sequential indirect association involving mental health problems and negative academic emotions was identified (\n                      <jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a0-0.10, 95% CI [-0.189, -0.054]).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Self-compassion was directly associated with psychological help-seeking delay among college students and was also indirectly associated with help-seeking delay through mental health problems and negative academic emotions, both independently and sequentially. 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