The purpose of the current study was to explore whether selfcompassion predicted psychological distress over and above childhood maltreatment and attachment orientation in high-risk youths. Fifty-one youths (31 males, 20 females) aged 17 to 24, recruited from a community non-profit organization in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, were administered validated measures of childhood maltreatment, attachment orientation, self-compassion, and psychological distress. Results indicated that self-compassion was inversely associated with childhood maltreatment, attachment anxiety, attachment avoidance, and psychological distress. However, results did not support the hypothesis that self-compassion was a significant predictor of psychological distress over and above attachment anxiety and childhood maltreatment in high-risk youths. Our results indicated that self-compassion is not well developed in street-involved youths and may be a vital intervention target to heal negative internalized views of the self, while maintaining vigilance to threats inherent in the street environment.

本研究的目的是探讨自我同情是否能预测高危青少年在儿童时期的虐待和依恋倾向之外的心理困扰。从加拿大纽芬兰和拉布拉多的圣约翰社区非营利组织招募的51名年龄在17岁至24岁之间的年轻人（31名男性，20名女性）接受了有效的儿童虐待，依恋倾向，自我同情，和心理困扰。结果表明，自我同情与童年虐待，依恋焦虑，避免依恋和心理困扰成反比。但是，结果并不能支持这样的假设，即自我同情是高危青年中依恋焦虑和儿童虐待之外的心理困扰的重要预测指标。