Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States.
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Program on Integrative Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Box 7200, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, United States.
Explore (NY). 2020 Jul-Aug;16(4):225-230. doi: 10.1016/j.explore.2020.02.003. Epub 2020 Feb 26.
Self-compassion has been identified as a trait that correlates with robust mental health; specifically, less anxiety, depression and stress in both adolescents and adults. However, little is known about the parental and family factors that are associated with adolescent self-compassion that may promote or enhance the development of this stress-buffering trait. In this study, 1057 adolescents in grades 7-12 from two different school settings answered questions in an online survey that related to their parents' education level and their own self-compassion. Results indicated that fathers' education, but not mothers', was associated with adolescent self-compassion. Specifically, adolescents whose fathers had a college education only had the highest level of self-compassion; a significant difference was found between self-compassion of adolescents of fathers' with a college degree and those with a doctorate/professional degree. Adolescents whose fathers had less than a college education (some college, high school graduate) or more than a college education (masters or doctorate/professional degree) reported lower self-compassion. As parent education level may be a proxy for other factors such as socioeconomic status, parenting style, or parent-adolescent relationship closeness, further research is necessary that will measure these factors and parse out that which specifically is associated with self-compassion in adolescents.
自我同情已被确定为与健全的心理健康相关的特质；具体来说，青少年和成年人的焦虑、抑郁和压力都较少。然而，对于与青少年自我同情相关的父母和家庭因素知之甚少，这些因素可能促进或增强这种抗压特质的发展。在这项研究中，来自两个不同学校环境的 1057 名 7-12 年级的青少年在网上调查中回答了与父母教育程度和自身自我同情有关的问题。结果表明，父亲的教育程度，而不是母亲的教育程度，与青少年的自我同情有关。具体来说，只有父亲受过大学教育的青少年自我同情程度最高；在有大学学历的青少年和有博士/专业学位的青少年的自我同情之间存在显著差异。父亲受过大学以下教育（大专、高中毕业）或受过更多教育（硕士或博士/专业学位）的青少年报告的自我同情程度较低。由于父母的教育程度可能是社会经济地位、育儿风格或父母与青少年关系亲密程度等其他因素的代表，因此需要进一步研究，衡量这些因素，并梳理出哪些因素与青少年的自我同情有关。
