Objectives

In order to provide a broad overview of the body of peer-reviewed literature on self-compassion and close relationships, this scoping review describes how self-compassion relates to thoughts, feelings, and behaviors within the context of current personal relationships between family members, romantic partners, friends, or others referred to as “close.”

Methods

Two reviewers independently screened peer-reviewed articles retrieved based on a defined search strategy within three online databases, extracted data from 72 articles that met inclusion criteria by consensus, and summarized findings thematically.

Results

With few exceptions, self-compassion is positively associated with secure attachment, adaptive parenting behaviors, healthy family, romantic and friendship functioning, and constructive conflict and transgression repair behavior. In families, evidence suggests that parent self-compassion is linked to supportive parenting behavior, which is in turn linked to higher levels of child self-compassion.

Conclusions

Self-compassion is associated with a wide variety of close interpersonal relationship benefits. These associations may be complex and bidirectional, such that positive social relationships promote self-compassion, while self-compassion promotes relational and emotional well-being. For a deeper understanding of these nuances and to establish causality, future research should include heterogeneous samples, longitudinal designs, and observational and multi-informant methodologies, and consider attachment style and personality trait covariates. The potential implications for interventional research are discussed.

中文翻译：

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自我同情和当前密切的人际关系：范围界定文献综述

目标

为了提供关于自我同情和亲密关系的同行评审文献的广泛概述，本范围审查描述了自我同情如何与当前家庭成员之间的个人关系背景下的思想、感受和行为相关联，浪漫的伴侣、朋友或其他被称为“亲密”的人。

方法

两名审稿人独立筛选根据定义的搜索策略在三个在线数据库中检索到的同行评审文章，从 72 篇一致同意纳入标准的文章中提取数据，并按主题总结调查结果。

结果

除了少数例外，自我同情与安全依恋、适应性育儿行为、健康的家庭、浪漫和友谊功能以及建设性冲突和越轨修复行为呈正相关。在家庭中，有证据表明父母的自我同情与支持性的养育行为有关，而支持性养育行为又与更高水平的儿童自我同情有关。

结论

自我同情与各种密切的人际关系益处有关。这些关联可能是复杂的和双向的，因此积极的社会关系促进自我同情，而自我同情促进关系和情感幸福。为了更深入地了解这些细微差别并建立因果关系，未来的研究应包括异质样本、纵向设计、观察和多信息方法，并考虑依恋风格和人格特征协变量。讨论了干预研究的潜在影响。