From childhood emotional abuse to adolescent loneliness: The roles of self-compassion and rejection sensitivity

IF 3.4 2区 心理学 Q1 FAMILY STUDIES
Yangwenjie Qu
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Abstract

Background

Emotional abuse is one of the important risk factors for adolescent loneliness. However, there is a shortage of information regarding protective factors and potential mediating mechanisms between emotional abuse and adolescent loneliness, which require further investigation.

Objectives

The present study explored the chain mediating role of self-compassion and rejection sensitivity on the pathway from childhood emotional abuse to adolescent loneliness, based on attachment theory and a stress process model.

Participants and setting

Five hundred sixty-seven Chinese adolescents aged 12 to 17 years participated in this study.

Methods

An online questionnaire was utilized to assess a variety of variables including childhood emotional abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse, self-compassion, rejection sensitivity, and loneliness. To increase the validity of the results, physical and sexual abuse were included as covariates since emotional abuse may co-occur with these types of abuse.

Results

Emotional abuse in childhood is significantly positively correlated with adolescent loneliness. Emotional abuse in childhood can affect adolescent loneliness not only directly, but also indirectly through self-compassion (including its components of self-warmth and self-coldness) and rejection sensitivity.

Conclusions

This study sheds further light on the chain mediating role of self-compassion and rejection sensitivity in the relationship between emotional abuse in childhood and loneliness in adolescence, suggesting that intervention programs targeting increased self-compassion and decreased rejection sensitivity may be effective to reduce loneliness in adolescents.

从童年情感虐待到青春期孤独:自我同情和拒绝敏感性的作用
背景情感虐待是导致青少年孤独的重要风险因素之一。本研究基于依恋理论和应激过程模型,探讨了自我同情和拒绝敏感性在从童年情感虐待到青少年孤独感之间的链式中介作用。研究方法采用在线问卷调查的方式,对包括童年情感虐待、身体虐待、性虐待、自我同情、拒绝敏感性和孤独感在内的多个变量进行评估。为了提高结果的有效性,将身体虐待和性虐待作为协变量,因为情感虐待可能与这些类型的虐待同时发生。结论本研究进一步揭示了自我同情和拒绝敏感性在儿童期情感虐待与青春期孤独感之间的连锁中介作用,表明针对提高自我同情和降低拒绝敏感性的干预计划可能会有效减少青少年的孤独感。
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CiteScore
7.40
自引率
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397
期刊介绍: Official Publication of the International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect. Child Abuse & Neglect The International Journal, provides an international, multidisciplinary forum on all aspects of child abuse and neglect, with special emphasis on prevention and treatment; the scope extends further to all those aspects of life which either favor or hinder child development. While contributions will primarily be from the fields of psychology, psychiatry, social work, medicine, nursing, law enforcement, legislature, education, and anthropology, the Journal encourages the concerned lay individual and child-oriented advocate organizations to contribute.
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