What is it about?
We evaluated shame about mental health problems in UK business students, as these students do not seek for help. We found that shame was related to mental health, and self-compassion was a significant predictor for their mental health, suggesting the importance of self-compassion to their mental health.
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Why is it important?
UK business students feel ashamed to ask for help on their poor mental health. This may be why mental health training has not been so effective for this group of students (they may not want to engage in mental health training because of shame). As our findings indicated, approaching their self-compassion may be an alternative solution for their poor mental health.
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Awareness of mental health has been increasing in many fields including universities. Collaborating with my colleagues in different fields enabled this research, exploring mental health of business students. It may suggest that this article is useful not only to business students, but also clinical students.
Yasuhiro Kotera
University of Derby
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This page is a summary of: Mental health of UK university business students: Relationship with shame, motivation and self-compassion, Journal of Education for Business, September 2018, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/08832323.2018.1496898.
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