Are Adolescents With Higher Self-Esteem More Prosocial? Exploring the Moderating Effect of Self-Compassion in Different Genders.

The Journal of Genetic Psychology Pub Date : 2022-09-01 Epub Date: 2022-06-28 DOI:10.1080/00221325.2022.2083937

Shiqing Li, Jian Hao

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Abstract

Previous studies have revealed a positive relationship between self-esteem and prosocial behavior. Based on social mentality theory, the authors propose that self-compassion as a self-soothing system moderates the relationship in adolescents girls and not in adolescent boys. A total of 540 adolescents from 12 to 14 years old completed the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, Self-Compassion Scale, and Prosocial Tendencies Measure. The results showed that both self-esteem and self-compassion were positively correlated with prosocial behavior, self-compassion moderated the relationship between self-esteem and altruistic or anonymous prosocial behavior, and self-compassion moderated the relationship between self-esteem and dire prosocial behavior and the moderating effect was moderated by gender. In conclusion, the present study indicates that self-esteem and self-compassion, as two important aspects of the self, are beneficial to prosocial behavior in adolescence. Self-compassion strengthens the relationship between self-esteem and specific prosocial behavior, especially for adolescent girls.

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自尊越高的青少年越亲社会吗?不同性别自我同情的调节效应探讨。

先前的研究已经揭示了自尊和亲社会行为之间的正相关关系。基于社会心理理论，作者提出自我同情作为一种自我抚慰系统调节青春期女孩的关系，而不是青春期男孩的关系。对540名12 ~ 14岁的青少年进行了Rosenberg自尊量表、自我同情量表和亲社会倾向量表的测试。结果表明:自尊、自我同情与亲社会行为均呈显著正相关，自我同情对自尊与利他性、匿名性亲社会行为的关系有调节作用，自我同情对自尊与可怕的亲社会行为的关系有调节作用，且调节作用受性别的调节作用。综上所述，本研究表明自尊和自我同情作为自我的两个重要方面，对青少年的亲社会行为有促进作用。自我同情加强了自尊和特定亲社会行为之间的关系，尤其是对青春期女孩而言。

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