Shi Xuliang, Zhang Wangjia, Chen Xiaoyan, Zhu Ya
College of Education, Hebei University, Baoding, China.
Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong.
J Youth Adolesc. 2025 Jan;54(1):255-270. doi: 10.1007/s10964-024-02069-5. Epub 2024 Aug 8.
Although previous studies have shown that self-compassion is associated with self-esteem and depressive symptoms, little is known about the intra-individual processes and the temporal dynamics of these variables. This study used a longitudinal design to explore the association between self-compassion, self-esteem and depressive symptoms among 5785 college students (aged 17-22 years; M = 18.63, SD = 0.88; 48.2% females). The participants were assessed six times in a six-month interval over three years. The random intercept cross-lagged panel models (RI-CLPMs) were used to disentangle within-person processes from stable between-person differences. Results of RI-CLPMs indicated that at the within-person level, self-compassion can positively predict subsequent self-esteem and negatively predict subsequent depressive symptoms, and vice versa. Self-esteem played a longitudinal mediating role in the prediction from self-compassion to depressive symptoms at the within-person level. These results indicate that cultivating self-compassion in college students is crucial as it can bolster their self-esteem and alleviate depressive symptoms.
尽管先前的研究表明自我同情与自尊和抑郁症状有关，但对于这些变量的个体内部过程和时间动态却知之甚少。本研究采用纵向设计，探讨了5785名大学生（年龄在17至22岁之间；M = 18.63，SD = 0.88；48.2%为女性）的自我同情、自尊和抑郁症状之间的关联。参与者在三年时间里每隔六个月接受一次评估，共评估六次。随机截距交叉滞后面板模型（RI-CLPMs）被用于区分个体内部过程与个体间稳定差异。RI-CLPMs的结果表明，在个体内部层面，自我同情能够正向预测随后的自尊，并负向预测随后的抑郁症状，反之亦然。在个体内部层面，自尊在从自我同情到抑郁症状的预测中起到了纵向中介作用。这些结果表明，培养大学生的自我同情至关重要，因为这可以增强他们的自尊并减轻抑郁症状。
