Li Qianfeng, Wu Jia, Wu Qinglu
Institute of Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, Beijing Normal University at Zhuhai, Zhuhai, China.
Institute of Analytical Psychology, City University of Macau, Macau, China.
Mindfulness (N Y). 2022;13(2):500-508. doi: 10.1007/s12671-021-01810-6. Epub 2022 Jan 7.
This longitudinal study among socioeconomically disadvantaged people examined self-compassion (SC) as a protective factor in the association between perceived discrimination and psychological distress, with a consideration of the specific contributions of aspects of self-compassion in its buffering effect, including compassionate self-responding (CS), reduced uncompassionate self-responding (RUS), or both (overall SC).
Data were collected from 528 socioeconomically disadvantaged Chinese university students through electronic questionnaires on perceived discrimination, self-compassion, and psychological distress (i.e., depressive, anxiety, and stress symptoms) in two waves with a 1-year interval.
Only CS moderated the relationships between perceived discrimination and all three indicators of psychological distress; overall, SC and RUS did not play moderating roles in these relationships.
CS buffered the impact of perceived discrimination on subsequent psychological distress. This suggests that the protective function of self-compassion might lie mainly in the role played by CS in psychopathological domains (e.g., depression, anxiety, stress, rumination, negative affect) or in the stressor-psychological distress link.
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12671-021-01810-6.
本纵向研究针对社会经济地位不利人群，考察自我同情（SC）作为感知到的歧视与心理困扰之间关联的保护因素，同时考虑自我同情各方面在其缓冲效应中的具体作用，包括富有同情心的自我反应（CS）、减少缺乏同情心的自我反应（RUS）或两者兼具（总体SC）。
通过电子问卷收集了528名社会经济地位不利的中国大学生关于感知到的歧视、自我同情和心理困扰（即抑郁、焦虑和压力症状）的数据，分两波进行，间隔1年。
只有CS调节了感知到的歧视与心理困扰的所有三个指标之间的关系；总体而言，SC和RUS在这些关系中未起到调节作用。
CS缓冲了感知到的歧视对后续心理困扰的影响。这表明自我同情的保护功能可能主要在于CS在心理病理学领域（如抑郁、焦虑、压力、沉思、消极情绪）或应激源 - 心理困扰联系中所起的作用。
在线版本包含可在10.1007/s12671-021-01810-6获取的补充材料。
