Methods: In this descriptive-analytical study, population of study was medical students of Yasouj University of Medical Sciences that studying in 2017-2018. There were 267 , that entered in the study as convenience Sampling. Neff's self-compassion questionnaire, Connor and Davidson's resilience scale, Gratz's and Roemer's difficulty in emotional regulation scale, and Takata's and Sakata's a psychosomatic complaints scale were used to collect information. The data was entered into SPSS software version 26 and analyzed using Pearson's correlation test and multiple regression analysis.

  Findings: The mean and standard deviation of psychosomatic symptoms among students was 27.14 ± 14.30. The mean of psychosomatic complaints had an inverse and significant relationship with self-compassion and resilience (r = -0.41 and r = -0.28 and p<0.01) and had a significant direct relationship with difficulty in regulating emotions( r = 0.51 and p<0.01).

  Conclusion: The three variables of self-compassion, resilience and difficulty in emotional regulation have a moderate correlation with the severity of psychosomatic symptoms, and among them, the highest correlation was related to the variable of difficulty in emotional regulation. It is suggested to train medical students to increase self-compassion, resilience, and learn emotion management skills.