Concordia University, Canada.
J Health Psychol. 2022 Jun;27(7):1697-1709. doi: 10.1177/13591053211002326. Epub 2021 Mar 27.
This study examined whether self-compassion could benefit daily physical symptoms and chronic illness in early and advanced old age. The hypotheses were evaluated in a 4-year longitudinal study of 264 older adults. Results showed that self-compassion predicted lower levels of daily physical symptoms across the study period in advanced, but not early, old age ( = -1.93, = 0.05). In addition, self-compassion was associated with fewer increases in chronic illness in advanced, but not early, old age ( = - 2.45, < 0.02). The results of this study suggest that self-compassion may be particularly adaptive towards the end of life.
本研究考察了自我同情是否能有益于老年人早期和晚期的日常身体症状和慢性疾病。在一项对 264 名老年人进行的为期 4 年的纵向研究中，评估了这些假设。结果表明，自我同情预测了老年人晚期（而不是早期）的日常身体症状水平较低（ = -1.93， = 0.05）。此外，自我同情与老年人晚期（而不是早期）的慢性疾病增加较少有关（ = -2.45， < 0.02）。这项研究的结果表明，自我同情在生命的末期可能特别具有适应性。
