The link between smoking and lung cancer predisposes patients to feeling shame and guilt, which increases risk for depression. To test the hypothesis shame would have a stronger association with depressive symptoms than guilt, a hierarchical regression was conducted. Three regressions were run to examine the associations of self-compassion with shame, guilt, and depressive symptoms. The best model to explain depressive symptoms included shame, but not guilt. Greater self-compassion was associated with less shame and fewer depressive symptoms, but not guilt. Results point to interventions targeting shame via enhancing self-compassion among patients with lung cancer and histories of smoking.

吸烟与肺癌之间的联系使患者容易感到羞耻和内疚，这增加了患抑郁症的风险。为了检验假设羞耻与抑郁症状的关联比内疚更强，进行了分层回归。进行了三个回归来检查自我同情与羞耻、内疚和抑郁症状的关系。解释抑郁症状的最佳模型包括羞耻，但不包括内疚。更大的自我同情与更少的羞耻感和更少的抑郁症状相关，但与内疚无关。结果表明，通过增强肺癌患者和吸烟史患者的自我同情心来针对羞耻感进行干预。