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Self-Compassion: A Potential Path to Adolescent Resilience and Positive Exploration
Karen Bluth1, Michael Mullarkey2, Christine Lathren3
1University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, CB 7200, UNC School of Medicine.
Journal of Child and Family Studies
|June 3, 2021
Summary
Self-compassion positively links to resilience and curiosity in adolescents. Interventions promoting self-compassion may enhance these coping skills, aiding emotional well-being during developmental transitions.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Adolescent Development
- Well-being
Background:
- Adolescence involves significant physiological and environmental transitions, presenting challenges and opportunities.
- Developing coping strategies like resilience and openness to experience aids adolescent navigation.
- Self-compassion is known to buffer negative emotions, but its link with resilience and curiosity in adolescents requires further study.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore the relationships between self-compassion, resilience, and curiosity/exploration in adolescents.
- To investigate potential moderating effects of age and gender on these relationships.
Main Methods:
- Online survey administered to a large sample of public and private school adolescents.
- Data collected from 786 public school and 271 private school participants.
- Statistical analyses examined associations and moderation effects.
Main Results:
- Self-compassion showed a positive association with both resilience and curiosity/exploration.
- Gender moderated the self-compassion and resilience link, being stronger in males.
- Age did not moderate the associations between self-compassion and resilience or curiosity/exploration.
Conclusions:
- Self-compassion is linked to resilience and curiosity across all adolescent ages.
- Interventions fostering self-compassion may enhance adolescent resilience and openness to experience.
- Cultivating self-compassion offers a pathway to improved adolescent emotional well-being and coping.
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