Universidad de Córdoba, Spain.
Universidad de Córdoba, Spain.
J Affect Disord. 2020 Jun 15;271:145-151. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2020.03.071. Epub 2020 Apr 13.
Somatic symptoms are an important adolescent health problem that affects individuals and the society as a whole. Although research focused on somatic symptoms has been very fruitful, studies about their longitudinal predictors are still in their early stages. The present study focuses on the relations between social and emotional competencies, empathy and bullying, and the presence of somatic symptoms concurrently and one year later.
The sample consisted of 384 Spanish adolescents, who participated in a longitudinal study with a one-year follow-up. Validated questionnaires were used to assess social and emotional competencies, bullying, empathy and somatic complaints.
High scores in social and emotional competencies were related to low scores in somatic symptoms one year later. High affective empathy predicted more somatic symptoms concurrently and one year later. Bullying victimization was related to more somatic symptoms concurrently and one year later.
Other-reports could be useful to further validate the results obtained with self-reports. Non-linear relations could be tested. Representative samples could be used in future studies.
These results suggest that it may be important to promote social and emotional competencies and reduce bullying to decrease somatic symptoms. More studies are needed to understand the impact of high affective empathy on somatic symptoms.
躯体症状是影响个人和整个社会的重要青少年健康问题。尽管针对躯体症状的研究已经非常丰富，但关于其纵向预测因素的研究仍处于早期阶段。本研究关注社会和情感能力、同理心和欺凌行为与躯体症状同时存在以及一年后的关系。
该样本由 384 名西班牙青少年组成，他们参加了一项为期一年的纵向研究。使用经过验证的问卷评估社会和情感能力、欺凌行为、同理心和躯体抱怨。
高社会和情感能力得分与一年后躯体症状得分较低有关。高情感同理心预测同时和一年后更多的躯体症状。受欺凌与同时和一年后更多的躯体症状有关。
其他报告可能有助于进一步验证自我报告中获得的结果。可以测试非线性关系。在未来的研究中可以使用代表性样本。
这些结果表明，促进社会和情感能力并减少欺凌行为可能对减少躯体症状很重要。需要更多的研究来了解高情感同理心对躯体症状的影响。
