Abstract Self-compassion involves treating oneself kindly, acknowledging that all humans experience suffering, and maintaining a balanced awareness of negative thoughts and feelings. Three studies (N = 614) examined the potential role of self-compassion in response to interpersonal rejection. Study 1 recruited a large, diverse internet sample and explored relationships between general perceived acceptance and several outcome variables (affect, depression, self-esteem), testing whether self-compassion moderates these relationships. Similarly, Study 2 tested whether self-compassion moderates the relationships between daily acceptance/rejection and outcome variables. Finally, Study 3 tested whether a self-compassion manipulation effectively promotes coping with rejection. Taken together, results reveal that self-compassion both predicts (Studies 1 and 2) and promotes (Study 3) relatively adaptive responses to rejection. These results suggest that a self-compassionate mindset may lessen the sting of rejection.

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记住“每个人都会受伤”：自我同情在应对拒绝中的作用

摘要 自我同情包括善待自己，承认所有人都会经历痛苦，并保持对消极思想和感受的平衡意识。三项研究（N = 614）检查了自我同情在应对人际拒绝方面的潜在作用。研究 1 招募了一个庞大的、多样化的互联网样本，并探讨了普遍感知接受度与几个结果变量（情感、抑郁、自尊）之间的关系，测试自我同情是否会调节这些关系。同样，研究 2 测试了自我同情是否会调节日常接受/拒绝与结果变量之间的关系。最后，研究 3 测试了自我同情的操纵是否有效地促进了应对拒绝。综合起来，结果表明，自我同情既可以预测（研究 1 和 2），也可以促进（研究 3）对拒绝的相对适应性反应。这些结果表明，自我同情的心态可能会减轻拒绝的痛苦。