Current cognitive and behavioural models of body dysmorphic disorder aetiology highlight a possible role of deficits in self-compassion as a vulnerability factor. Yet, there has been little empirical research on the role of self-compassion in adolescents' body dysmorphic symptoms (BDS). In this study, we investigated the relationship between self-compassion and adolescents’ BDS, after accounting for two potentially overlapping self-related beliefs and attitudes, namely self-esteem and self-efficacy. The participants were 449 Australian secondary school students (60% female) aged 11–17 years (M_age = 13.69, SD = 1.50) who completed the Appearance Anxiety Inventory to assess BDS, the Self-Compassion Scale-Short Form (SCS-SF), and other measures. Principal components analysis supported a two-component solution of the SCS-SF, which were labelled negative sense of self, and self-focussed perspective taking. These two components converged with measures of self-esteem and self-efficacy. As hypothesised, adolescents with a higher levels of self-compassion (total score) had lower levels of BDS. Also, when considered alongside self-esteem and self-efficacy, the negative sense of self component of self-compassion was positively associated with BDS, but self-focussed perspective taking was not. Additional research is needed to consider how to capture the positive component of self-compassion and determine whether it has a protective role in BDS and impairment.

当前身体变形障碍病因的认知和行为模型突显了自我同情中的缺陷可能是脆弱性因素。但是，很少有关于自我同情在青少年身体畸形症状（BDS）中的作用的实证研究。在这项研究中，我们在解释了两种可能重叠的自我相关的信念和态度（即自尊和自我效能感）之后，研究了自我同情与青少年的BDS之间的关系。参加者449级澳洲中学的学生（60％为女性），年龄11-17岁（中号_年龄 = 13.69，SD = 1.50）谁完成了外观焦虑量表以评估BDS，自我同情量表-简短表格（SCS-SF）和其他度量。主成分分析支持SCS-SF的两成分解决方案，这些解决方案被标记为负面的自我意识和自我聚焦的视角。这两个组成部分融合了自尊和自我效能的测度。假设，自我同情水平（总分）较高的青少年的BDS水平较低。而且，当与自尊和自我效能感一起考虑时，自我同情的消极自我意识与BDS正相关，但以自我为中心的观点采择却没有。还需要进行其他研究，以考虑如何捕捉自我同情的积极成分，并确定其是否对BDS和损伤具有保护作用。