Mental health of UK university business students: Relationship with shame, motivation and self-compassion
Abstract
There is growing awareness of mental health problems among UK business students, which appears to be exacerbated by students’ attitudes of shame toward mental health. This study recruited 138 UK business students and examined the relationship between mental health and shame, and mental health and potential protective factors such as self-compassion and motivation. A significant correlation between each of the constructs was observed and self-compassion was identified as an explanatory variable for mental health. Shame moderated the relationship between self-compassion and mental health. Integrating self-compassion training into business study programs may help to improve the mental health of this student group.Citation
Kotera, Y., Conway, E., & Van Gordon, W. (2018) Mental health of UK university business students: Relationship with shame, motivation and self-compassion. Journal of Education for Business. doi: 10.1080/08832323.2018.1496898Journal
Journal of Education for BusinessDOI
10.1080/08832323.2018.1496898Additional Links
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08832323.2018.1496898Type
ArticleLanguage
enISSN
0883-23231940-3356
ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1080/08832323.2018.1496898