Journal of Happiness and Health

Arslan, G., Biskin, S. & Kocaayan, F. (2025). Adverse childhood experiences, self-compassion, psychological flexibility, and posttraumatic stress disorder. Children and Youth Services Review, 169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.108109

Arslan, G. (2024a). Unlocking the power of self-compassion and psychological flexibility: Enhancing emotional health, subjective wellbeing, and quality of life in college students. Studia Psychologica, 66(1), 50–65. https://doi.org/10.31577/sp.2024.01.890

Arslan, G., Uzun, K., Güven, A. Z., & Gürsu, O. (2024b). Psychological flexibility, self-compassion, subjective well-being, and substance misuse in college students: a serial mediation model. Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1080/15332640.2024.2366981

Arslan, G. (2021). Psychological wellbeing in college students: Psychometric properties of the Brief Inventory of Thriving (BIT) and the Comprehensive Inventory of Thriving (CIT). Journal of School and Educational Psychology, 1(1), 6–16. https://doi.org/10.47602/josep.v1i1.6

Arslan, G. (2023). My inner perfectionist and nasty side! Self-compassion, emotional health, and subjective wellbeing in college students. Personality and Individual Differences, 210, 112232. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2023.112232

Arslan, G., & Karacul, F. (2025). Subjective well-being, adverse childhood experiences, ADHD, shame [Unpublished manuscript]..

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Blankenship, P., & Hogge, I. (2024). Self-Compassion and Psychological Wellbeing of Childhood Sexual Abuse Survivors: Emotional Dysregulation and Trauma-Related Shame as Mediators. Journal of interpersonal violence, Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605241268781

Callow, T. J., Moffitt, R. L., & Neumann, D. L. (2021). External shame and its association with depression and anxiety: The moderating role of self-compassion. Australian Psychologist, 56(1), 70–80. https://doi.org/10.1080/00050067.2021.1890984

Chio, F. (2024). Dynamic duo is inseparable: self‐compassion and compassion for others interact to predict well‐being. Applied Psychology: Health and Wellbeing, 17(1). https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.12641

Etemadi Shamsababdi, P., & Dehshiri, G. R. (2024). Self-Compassion, Anxiety and Depression Symptoms; the Mediation of Shame and Guilt. Psychological reports, Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/00332941241227525

Ferreira, C., Moura-Ramos, M., Matos, M., & Galhardo, A. (2022). A new measure to assess external and internal shame: Development, factor structure, and psychometric properties of the External and Internal Shame Scale. Current Psychology: A Journal for Diverse Perspectives on Diverse Psychological Issues, 41(4), 1892–1901. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-020-00709-0

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Gilbert, P. (2017). Shame and the vulnerable self in medical contexts: The compassionate solution. Medical Humanities, 43(4), 211–217. https://doi.org/10.1136/medhum-2016-011159

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Holt-Lunstad J. (2021). Loneliness and Social Isolation as Risk Factors: The Power of Social Connection in Prevention. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, 15(5), 567–573. https://doi.org/10.1177/15598276211009454

Johnson, E. A., & O'Brien, K. A. (2013). Self-compassion soothes the savage ego-threat system: Effects on negative affect, shame, rumination, and depressive symptoms. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 32(9), 939–963. https://doi.org/10.1521/jscp.2013.32.9.939

Johnson, J., Jones, C., Lin, A., Wood, S., Heinze, K., & Jackson, C. (2014). Shame amplifies the association between stressful life events and paranoia amongst young adults using mental health services: Implications for understanding risk and psychological resilience. Psychiatry Research, 220. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2014.07.022

Kang, Y., Rahrig, H., Eichel, K., Niles, H., Rocha, T., Lepp, N., Gold, J., Britton, W. (2018). Gender differences in response to a school-based mindfulness training intervention for early adolescents. Journal of School Psychology, 68, 163–176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsp.2018.03.004

Krieger, T., Altenstein, D., Baettig, I., Doerig, N., & Holtforth, M. G. (2013). Self-compassion in depression: Associations with depressive symptoms, rumination, and avoidance in depressed outpatients. Behavior Therapy, 44(3), 501–513. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2013.04.004

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Neff, K. (2003). Self-compassion: An alternative conceptualization of a healthy attitude toward oneself. Self and Identity, 2(2), 85–101. https://doi.org/10.1080/15298860309032

Neff, K. D. (2011). Self-compassion, self-esteem, and wellbeing. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 5(1), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-9004.2010.00330.x

Neff, K., Tóth‐Király, I., Yarnell, L., Arimitsu, K., Castilho, P., Ghorbani, N., … & Mantzios, M. (2019). Examining the factor structure of the self-compassion scale in 20 diverse samples: Support for use of a total score and six subscale scores. Psychological Assessment, 31(1), 27-45. https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0000629

Neff, K., & Germer, C. (2012). A pilot study and randomized controlled trial of the mindful self-compassion program. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 69(1), 28–44. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.21923

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Sanchez, H., Angus Clark, D., & Fields, S. A. (2019). The relationship between impulsivity and shame and guilt proneness on the prediction of internalizing and externalizing behaviors. Heliyon, 5(11), e02746. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e02746

Schunk, F., Wong, N., Nakao, G., & Trommsdorff, G. (2022). Different functions of emotion regulation in linking harmony seeking and rejection avoidance to life satisfaction and social support in Germany, Hong Kong, and Japan. Asian Journal of Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajsp.12557

Sedighimornani, N., Rimes, K., & Verplanken, B. (2019). Exploring the relationships between mindfulness, self-compassion, and shame. Sage Open, 9(3). https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244019866294

Sheehy, K., Noureen, A., Khaliq, A., Dhingra, K., Husain, N., Pontin, E. E., Cawley, R., & Taylor, P. J. (2019). An examination of the relationship between shame, guilt, and self-harm: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Psychology Review, 73, 101779. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2019.101779

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Sullivan, R., Green-Demers, I., & Lauzon, A. (2020). When do self-conscious emotions distress teenagers? Interrelations between dispositional shame and guilt, depressive and anxious symptoms, and life satisfaction. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science/Revue Canadienne Des Sciences Du Comportement, 52(3), 210–219. https://doi.org/10.1037/cbs0000163

Su, R., Tay, L., & Diener, E. (2014). The development and validation of the Comprehensive Inventory of Thriving (CIT) and the Brief Inventory of Thriving (BIT). Applied Psychology: Health and Wellbeing, 6(3), 251–279. https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.12027

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Yaghoubi, S., Birashk, B., Aghebati, A., & Ashouri, A. (2021). Mediating role of external shame and self-compassion in the relationship between peer victimization and depression in adolescents. Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, 27, 16–31. https://doi.org/10.32598/ijpcp.27.1.3288.1

Zhang, H., Carr, E. R., Garcia-Williams, A. G., Siegelman, A. E., Berke, D., Niles-Carnes, L. V., Patterson, B., Watson-Singleton, N. N., & Kaslow, N. J. (2018). Shame and depressive symptoms: Self-compassion and contingent self-worth as mediators. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings, 25(4), 408–419. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10880-018-9548-9