School of Psychology, Trinity College Research Centre for Psychological Health, 8809Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2023 Jan;28(1):307-322. doi: 10.1177/13591045221099215. Epub 2022 May 13.
Self-compassion interventions reduce body dissatisfaction in adults but have not been extensively investigated in adolescents. A novel 5-week Digital Social Media Adolescent Resilience Training intervention grounded in Gilbert's (2010) Compassionate Mind Training was adapted to address adolescent's social media-related body image concerns. A convenience sample of 102 adolescents, 54 girls (53%), 48 boys (47%), aged 15-17 years (=15.6, =0.46) were recruited from four mixed gender Irish Secondary Schools. Due to data loss because of Covid-19, analyses were conducted on data from 80 participants (24 boys, 56 girls). A mixed methods quasi-experimental design was used. Primary outcomes of self-compassion, self-criticism, social media comparisons and body image perceptions were quantitatively assessed at pre, post-intervention and 3-month follow up, while post-intervention focus groups qualitatively documented adolescents' responses to the programme. Qualitative data indicated that the programme was feasible and acceptable. Analyses revealed significant increases in body appreciation and body satisfaction in the experimental group from pre- to post-intervention. Girls exhibited significant increases in body appreciation and reductions in self-criticism, while boys exhibited increases in body satisfaction. Improvements in body satisfaction were observed at 3-month follow up. Findings indicate that self-compassion has potential to improve adolescent's body image perceptions, but further research is warranted.
自我同情干预可以减少成年人的身体不满，但在青少年中尚未得到广泛研究。一种新的基于吉尔伯特（2010 年）慈悲心训练的 5 周数字社交媒体青少年适应力训练干预措施被改编，以解决青少年与社交媒体相关的身体形象问题。从四所男女混合的爱尔兰中学招募了 102 名 15-17 岁（=15.6，=0.46）的青少年（54 名女孩，占 53%，48 名男孩，占 47%）。由于因新冠疫情导致的数据丢失，仅对 80 名参与者（24 名男孩，56 名女孩）的数据进行了分析。采用混合方法准实验设计。自我同情、自我批评、社交媒体比较和身体形象感知等主要结果在干预前、干预后和 3 个月随访时进行了定量评估，而干预后的焦点小组则定性记录了青少年对该计划的反应。定性数据表明该计划是可行且可接受的。分析显示，实验组从干预前到干预后，身体欣赏和身体满意度显著增加。女孩表现出身体欣赏的显著增加和自我批评的减少，而男孩则表现出身体满意度的增加。在 3 个月随访时观察到身体满意度的改善。研究结果表明，自我同情有可能改善青少年的身体形象感知，但需要进一步的研究。
