Objectives

The central aims of the present study were to evaluate bivariate and multivariate associations between components of self-compassion and depressive symptoms, and to investigate the degree to which self-compassion and its components buffer the association between life stress and depressive symptoms.

Methods

In a sample of female undergraduate students, linear regression analyses were used to evaluate the Self-Compassion Scale (SCS) total and subscale scores as predictors of depressive symptoms (n = 218), and the total and subscale scores as moderators of the cross-sectional association between negative life events and depressive symptoms (n = 216).

Results

The SCS total and subscale scores, coded such that higher scores indicated higher self-compassion, were all significantly and negatively associated with depressive symptoms (p < 0.001). When depressive symptoms were simultaneously regressed on all SCS subscales, high correlations among subscales limited our ability to interpret parameter estimates. A post hoc analysis was therefore conducted in which depressive symptoms were regressed on composites of positive (self-compassion) and negative (uncompassionate behavior) subscales of the SCS. Results indicated that only uncompassionate behavior was significantly associated with unique variance in depressive symptoms. Neither the SCS total score nor any of the subscale scores significantly moderated the association between negative life events and depressive symptoms.

Conclusions

Self-compassion, particularly uncompassionate behavior, is associated with lower levels of depressive symptoms, irrespective of the experience of negative life events. However, self-compassion does not buffer the positive cross-sectional association of negative life events with depressive symptoms.

中文翻译：

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自怜会减轻生活压力和抑郁症状之间的跨部门联系吗？

目标

本研究的主要目的是评估自我同情和抑郁症状之间的双变量和多变量关联，并研究自我同情及其分量缓冲生活压力与抑郁症状之间关联的程度。

方法

在女大学生样本中，线性回归分析用于评估自我同情量表（SCS）的总分和分量表得分，作为抑郁症状的预测指标（n = 218），总和分表和分量表得分作为交叉压力的调节器。负面生活事件与抑郁症状之间的区域关联（n = 216）。

结果

SCS总分和分量表评分的编码方式是，较高的分数表示较高的自我同情心，它们与抑郁症状显着且为负相关（p<0.001）。当抑郁症状在所有SCS子量表上同时消退时，子量表之间的高度相关性限制了我们解释参数估计值的能力。因此，进行了事后分析，其中抑郁症状在SCS的积极（自我同情）和消极（无同情行为）分量表的组合上消退了。结果表明，只有不体贴的行为才与抑郁症状的独特差异显着相关。SCS总分或任何分量表得分均未显着缓解负性生活事件与抑郁症状之间的关联。

结论

自我消极情绪，特别是无情的行为，与较低水平的抑郁症状相关，而与经历负面生活事件无关。但是，自我同情不能缓冲消极生活事件与抑郁症状的正截面联系。