Factors Mediating the Relationship Between Social Support and Perceived Recovery From NSSI

Abstract

The purpose of this project was to use archival data to investigate whether resilience and self-compassion mediate the relationship between social support and perceived NSSI recovery. Evidence suggests that social support is a protective factor (Yuan et al., 2023), and that resilience (Watson & Tatnell, 2019) and self-compassion (Hasking et al., 2019) are associated with reduced NSSI and potential cessation (Rotolone and Martin, 2012). Little research has investigated how these variables work together to influence recovery. The data was analyzed using model 4 of the SPSS PROCESS macro to test the dual mediation of self-compassion and resilience in the relationship between social support and perceived recovery. The results of the full model were significant, accounting for 9.56% of the variance in perceived recovery. Social supports' direct relationship to perceived recovery became non-significant with the mediators in the model. The indirect effects of resilience and self-compassion were both significant. Resilience and self-compassion also had significant effects on perceived recovery. These results indicate that fostering resilience and self-compassion in addition to strengthening social support may be important for the recovery process from NSSI.