Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
Provincial Specialized Eating Disorders Program for Children & Adolescents, British Columbia Children's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Int J Eat Disord. 2019 Jul;52(7):809-816. doi: 10.1002/eat.23081. Epub 2019 Apr 12.
A wealth of evidence indicates that self-compassion is linked with positive psychological outcomes; however, little is known about the process through which self-compassion exerts its effect. The primary purpose of this research was to investigate the direct and indirect impact of self-compassion on body satisfaction and eating pathology in adolescents.
Two hundred and thirty-eight students were recruited from three local high schools (M = 16.49, 43.7% boys). All participants completed the Self-Compassion Scale (SCS), Hopkins Symptom Checklist (SCL-5), Body Areas Satisfaction Scale (BASS), and Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire - Adolescent Version (EDE-Q) at baseline. The SCL-5, BASS, and EDE-Q were completed 4 months later.
Self-compassion was positively associated with body satisfaction and negatively associated with psychological distress and eating pathology in boys and girls at both time points. Longitudinal conditional process analyses revealed that self-compassion predicted changes in body satisfaction and eating pathology through changes in psychological distress for girls only. Notably, self-compassion was higher in boys than in girls.
Results underscore how self-compassion may be an important factor to target in fostering a positive body image and preventing disordered eating in adolescents.
大量证据表明，自我同情与积极的心理结果有关；然而，对于自我同情如何发挥作用的过程知之甚少。本研究的主要目的是调查自我同情对青少年身体满意度和饮食病理学的直接和间接影响。
从三所当地高中招募了 238 名学生（M=16.49，43.7%为男生）。所有参与者在基线时完成了自我同情量表（SCS）、霍普金斯症状清单（SCL-5）、身体区域满意度量表（BASS）和饮食障碍检查问卷-青少年版（EDE-Q）。SCL-5、BASS 和 EDE-Q 在 4 个月后完成。
自我同情与男孩和女孩在两个时间点的身体满意度呈正相关，与心理困扰和饮食病理学呈负相关。纵向条件过程分析显示，自我同情仅通过心理困扰的变化预测女孩身体满意度和饮食病理学的变化。值得注意的是，男孩的自我同情高于女孩。
研究结果强调了自我同情如何成为培养积极身体形象和预防青少年饮食失调的重要因素。
