Institute for Positive Psychology and Education, Australian Catholic University.
J Pers. 2018 Aug;86(4):619-630. doi: 10.1111/jopy.12340. Epub 2017 Sep 22.
Self-compassion has been framed as a healthy alternative to self-esteem, as it is nonevaluative. However, rather than being alternatives, it may be that the two constructs develop in a mutually reinforcing way. The present study tested this possibility among adolescents.
A large adolescent sample (N = 2,809; 49.8% female) reported levels of trait self-esteem and self-compassion annually for 4 years. Autoregressive cross-lagged structural equation models were used to estimate the reciprocal longitudinal relations between the two constructs.
Self-esteem consistently predicted changes in self-compassion across the 4 years of the study, but not vice versa.
Self-esteem appears to be an important antecedent of the development of self-compassion, perhaps because the capacity to extend compassion toward the self depends on one's appraisals of worthiness. These findings add important insights to our theoretical understanding of the development of self-compassion.
自我同情被视为自尊的健康替代选择，因为它没有评价性。然而，这两种结构可能不是替代关系，而是以相互增强的方式发展。本研究在青少年中检验了这种可能性。
一项大型青少年样本（N=2809；49.8%为女性）在 4 年内每年报告特质自尊和自我同情水平。使用自回归交叉滞后结构方程模型来估计这两个结构之间的相互纵向关系。
自尊在整个 4 年的研究中始终预测自我同情的变化，但反之则不然。
自尊似乎是自我同情发展的重要前提，也许是因为将同情心扩展到自己身上的能力取决于一个人对自己价值的评价。这些发现为我们对自我同情发展的理论理解增添了重要的见解。
