Table 4.

A Priori Model with Self-compassion as Mediator

	Direct Model	Mediated model
DV	CAMM→DV	CAMM →DV	CAMM → SCS	SCS → DV
PA	.26*	.20 (ns)	.59**	.10 (ns)
NA	−.61**	−.36**	.59**	−.42*
SLSS	.67**	.56***	.59**	.20 (ns)
PSS	−.61***	−.31***	.59**	−.52***

Note. CAMM = Children and Adolescent Mindfulness Measure, SCS = Self-compassion Scale, PA = Positive Affect, NA = Negative Affect, SLSS = Student Life Satisfaction Scale, PSS = Perceived Stress Scale

^*Correlation is significant at the .05 level (2-tailed)

^**Correlation is significant at the .01 level (2-tailed)

^***Correlation is at the .001 level (2-tailed).