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This study examined whether positive self-talk frequency and loudness were associated with depressive symptoms among Myanmar migrant workers in Chiang Mai, Thailand, after accounting for sociodemographic factors, perceived stress, and personality traits. A cross-sectional study was conducted among Myanmar migrant workers aged 20\u201358 years. Participants completed validated self-report measures of depressive symptoms, perceived stress, personality traits, and positive self-talk frequency and loudness. Hierarchical multiple regression was conducted in four blocks: sociodemographic variables, perceived stress, personality traits, and positive self-talk frequency and loudness. A total of 204 migrant workers were included. Sociodemographic variables explained 8.1% of the variance in depressive symptoms (R\u00b2=0.081,\u00a0p=0.008). The addition of perceived stress significantly improved the model (\u0394R\u00b2=0.213,\u00a0p&lt;0.001), followed by personality traits (\u0394R\u00b2=0.106,\u00a0p&lt;0.001). Positive self-talk frequency and loudness contributed further incremental variance (\u0394R\u00b2=0.107,\u00a0p&lt;0.001), resulting in a final model that explained 50.7% of the variance in depressive symptoms (R\u00b2=0.507, adjusted R\u00b2=0.471). In the final model, perceived stress (\u03b2=0.226,\u00a0p=0.001) and neuroticism (\u03b2=0.340,\u00a0p&lt;0.001) were positively associated with depressive symptoms, whereas positive self-talk frequency (\u03b2=\u22120.292,\u00a0p&lt;0.001) and self-talk loudness (\u03b2=\u22120.152,\u00a0p=0.011) were negatively associated with depressive symptoms. These findings suggest that positive self-talk frequency and loudness provide additional explanatory value beyond perceived stress and personality traits and may represent relevant cognitive correlates of depressive symptoms among Myanmar migrant workers.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.52225\/narra.v6i2.3111","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,24]],"date-time":"2026-06-24T07:16:06Z","timestamp":1782285366000},"page":"e3111","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Positive self-talk as a protective factor in the relationship between perceived stress and depressive symptoms among Myanmar migrant workers: A cross-sectional study"],"prefix":"10.52225","volume":"6","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0000-1185-3680","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mi M.","family":"Maung","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9062-3468","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Tinakon","family":"Wongpakaran","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1628-0639","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Peerasak","family":"Lerttrakarnnon","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3068-9446","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Shirley","family":"Worland","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nahathai","family":"Wongpakaran","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Justin","family":"DeMaranville","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"29794","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,24]]},"container-title":["Narra J"],"original-title":[],"link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/narraj.org\/main\/article\/download\/3111\/945","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/narraj.org\/main\/article\/download\/3111\/945","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,25]],"date-time":"2026-06-25T07:16:26Z","timestamp":1782371786000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/narraj.org\/main\/article\/view\/3111"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,24]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"2","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,4]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.52225\/narra.v6i2.3111","relation":{},"ISSN":["2807-2618"],"issn-type":[{"value":"2807-2618","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,24]]}}}