Muris Peter, Bongers Kris, Schenning Claudia, Meesters Cor, Otgaar Henry
Department of Clinical Psychological Science, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, 6211 LK Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Children (Basel). 2022 Dec 8;9(12):1930. doi: 10.3390/children9121930.
Self-compassion is considered as a protective psychological construct that would shield against the development of emotional problems. The aim of the present study was to compare the 'protective nature' of two measures of self-compassion: the Self-Compassion Scale for Youth (SCS-Y) and the Sussex-Oxford Compassion for the Self Scale (SOCS-S).
Eighty-seven adolescents aged 12 to 18 years completed both self-compassion measures as well as scales of anxiety and depression symptoms.
SCS-Y and SOCS-S scores were positively correlated, and for both measures it was generally found that higher levels of self-compassion were associated with lower levels of emotional symptoms. However, the uncompassionate self-responding scales of the SCS-Y correlated positively with anxiety and depression symptoms and hence can better be seen as indices of vulnerability. Regression analyses suggested that a positive attitude toward oneself, as measured by the self-kindness scale of the SCS or its SOCS-S equivalent 'feeling for the person suffering' is particularly relevant as a buffer against emotional problems.
The protective nature of self-compassion can be established by both measures. Caution is advised with the use of the uncompassionate self-responding scales included in the SCS-Y as they appear to measure vulnerability rather than protection.
自我同情被视为一种保护性心理结构，可抵御情绪问题的发展。本研究旨在比较两种自我同情测量方法的“保护性质”：青少年自我同情量表（SCS-Y）和苏塞克斯-牛津自我同情量表（SOCS-S）。
87名12至18岁的青少年完成了这两种自我同情测量方法以及焦虑和抑郁症状量表。
SCS-Y和SOCS-S得分呈正相关，并且一般发现，两种测量方法中，自我同情水平越高，情绪症状水平越低。然而，SCS-Y中缺乏自我同情的反应量表与焦虑和抑郁症状呈正相关，因此更可被视为脆弱性指标。回归分析表明，用SCS的自我友善量表或其SOCS-S等价量表“对受苦之人的感受”所测量的对自己的积极态度，作为抵御情绪问题的缓冲尤为重要。
两种测量方法均可确定自我同情的保护性质。建议谨慎使用SCS-Y中包含的缺乏自我同情的反应量表，因为它们似乎测量的是脆弱性而非保护性。
