A study on the effects of psychological flexibility and self-compassion on social avoidance and distress in patients with spinal cord injury
Objective To explore the effects of psychological flexibility and self-compassion on social avoidance and distress in pa-tients with spinal cord injury.Methods By used a convenience sampling method,233 patients with spinal cord injury treated in a tertiary A general hospital in Jiangsu Province from September 2021 to November 2022 were selected as the study population,and questionnaires were administered using the General Information Questionnaire,Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-Ⅱ,Self-Compassion Scale,Social Avoid-ance and Distress Scale.Results The psychological flexibility score of spinal cord injury patients was 26.00(21.00,30.00)points,the self-compassion score was 80.00(74.00,86.50)points,and the social avoidance and distress score was(12.87±5.12)points.Age,educational level,duration of injury,self-care ability,psychological flexibility and self-compassion were the influencing factors of social avoidance and distress in patients with spinal cord injury(P<0.05).Psychological flexibility and self-compassion jointly explained 14.30% of the total vari-ation in social avoidance and distress.Conclusion It is suggested that nursing staff should pay attention to the effects of psychological flexi-bility and self-compassion on social avoidance and distress in patients with spinal cord injury and constructed targeted psychological interven-tion programs to improved patients'disease awareness and coping ability.