Self‐compassion is an adaptive way of self‐relating that entails tending to one's emotional pain with understanding and care. In this article, we propose an intergenerational model explaining how self‐compassion develops in the context of the parent–child relationship. Specifically, we posit that parents who have had supportive experiences with their own childhood caregivers develop a secure attachment and a high level of self‐compassion. In turn, we propose that high self‐compassion in parents promotes parents' capacity to support children when they experience difficult emotions (e.g., anger, sadness). These responses promote the child's secure attachment, high self‐compassion development, and positive behavioral outcomes. A key area for future research is examining the potential link between parent self‐compassion and responses to difficult emotions in the child. Given that self‐compassion can be enhanced through intervention, support for this model will have broad implications for interrupting intergenerational cycles of dysfunction caused by insecure attachment.

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父母对儿童困难情绪的自我同情和支持性反应：一种植根于依恋的代际理论模型

自我同情是一种适应性的自我关联方式，需要通过理解和关怀来处理自己的情感痛苦。在本文中，我们提出了一个代际模型来解释自我同情在亲子关系的背景下是如何发展的。具体而言，我们假设那些与自己的儿童看护人有过支持性经历的父母会发展出一种安全的依恋和高度的自我同情心。反过来，我们认为父母的高度自我同情会提高父母在孩子经历困难情绪（例如，愤怒、悲伤）时支持孩子的能力。这些反应促进了孩子的安全依恋、高度自我同情的发展和积极的行为结果。未来研究的一个关键领域是检查父母自我同情与孩子对困难情绪的反应之间的潜在联系。鉴于可以通过干预增强自我同情心，对这种模式的支持将对中断由不安全依恋引起的功能障碍的代际循环具有广泛的意义。