Self-compassion and posttraumatic growth mediate the relations between social support, prosocial behavior, and antisocial behavior among adolescents after the Ya’an earthquake

Liu, Aiyi; Wang, Wenchao; Wu, Xinchun

doi:10.1080/20008198.2020.1864949

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“…As one of the dimensions of our social connection component, compassion has been associated with greater wellbeing and resilience in the face of adversity [ 53 , 61 , 115 ]. In particular, our study expands on current evidence revealing that self-compassion is associated with greater post-traumatic growth in the context of traumatic events [ 62 , 63 ].…”

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“…Hence receiving compassion (from others and from oneself) can act as a protective factor during difficult times. In the context of traumatic events, self-compassion has been linked to greater post-traumatic growth [ 62 , 63 ], and associated with less post-traumatic stress symptomatology, with tentative evidence suggesting that compassion interventions potentially reduce PTSD symptoms [ 64 ]. It has been suggested that some of the possible mechanisms between the protective effects of social support and compassion on reduced PTSD might be lower psychological inflexibility [ 65 ], emotional dysregulation [ 66 ] and avoidance strategies [ 67 ].…”

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The role of social connection on the experience of COVID-19 related post-traumatic growth and stress

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Background Historically social connection has been an important way through which humans have coped with large-scale threatening events. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, lockdowns have deprived people of major sources of social support and coping, with others representing threats. Hence, a major stressor during the pandemic has been a sense of social disconnection and loneliness. This study explores how people’s experience of compassion and feeling socially safe and connected, in contrast to feeling socially disconnected, lonely and fearful of compassion, effects the impact of perceived threat of COVID-19 on post-traumatic growth and post-traumatic stress. Methods Adult participants from the general population (N = 4057) across 21 countries worldwide, completed self-report measures of social connection (compassion for self, from others, for others; social safeness), social disconnection (fears of compassion for self, from others, for others; loneliness), perceived threat of COVID-19, post-traumatic growth and traumatic stress. Results Perceived threat of COVID-19 predicted increased post-traumatic growth and traumatic stress. Social connection (compassion and social safeness) predicted higher post-traumatic growth and traumatic stress, whereas social disconnection (fears of compassion and loneliness) predicted increased traumatic symptoms only. Social connection heightened the impact of perceived threat of COVID-19 on post-traumatic growth, while social disconnection weakened this impact. Social disconnection magnified the impact of the perceived threat of COVID-19 on traumatic stress. These effects were consistent across all countries. Conclusions Social connection is key to how people adapt and cope with the worldwide COVID-19 crisis and may facilitate post-traumatic growth in the context of the threat experienced during the pandemic. In contrast, social disconnection increases vulnerability to develop post-traumatic stress in this threatening context. Public health and Government organizations could implement interventions to foster compassion and feelings of social safeness and reduce experiences of social disconnection, thus promoting growth, resilience and mental wellbeing during and following the pandemic.

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The role of social connection on the experience of COVID-19 related post-traumatic growth and stress

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“…For example, burn-related PTG studies found that burn survivors had a greater appreciation for their health and well-being, as well as for family and friends (McLean et al, 2015;Martin et al, 2016). Evidence from collective traumatic events studies also reported a positive association between PTG and prosocial behaviour and altruism among refugees exposed to violence (Canevello et al, 2021) and adolescents who experienced earthquake (Liu et al, 2021). It was clear that the reminder of one's mortality drove appreciation of the present moment, with regard to both one's own personal and spiritual growth as well as the wellbeing of others.…”

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The mediating role of personal values between COVID-19-related posttraumatic growth and life satisfaction among Chinese college students: A two-wave longitudinal study

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Zhang²,

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Despite considerable disruption of social order caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, it has also been said to contribute to positive psychological changes and influence on the perception of public life satisfaction. The present study aimed to explore the association between the COVID-19 related posttraumatic growth and life satisfaction and the mediating role of personal values. A two-wave longitudinal design was used. 226 self-quarantined Chinese college students (58.8% male) completed post traumatic growth inventory (Time 1), satisfaction with life scale (Time 2), personal values questionnaire (Time 2) between February 2020 and May 2021. Results showed that more than half of self-quarantined Chinese college students reported moderate to high levels of the COVID-19 related posttraumatic growth. A structural equation model revealed that COVID-19 related posttraumatic growth was positively associated to life satisfaction, and self-transcendence and self-enhancement values partially mediated this association. These findings shed light on whether and how pandemic-related posttraumatic growth influenced personal life satisfaction, supporting the outcome and process perspectives of posttraumatic growth as well as Schwartz’s value theory. Based on the findings, some positive psychology interventions, such as online rumination activities and mindfulness practice, were proposed to enhance self-quarantined college students’ posttraumatic growth and life satisfaction.

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“…Verbal abuse and emotional neglect in childhood from their parents would make children treat themselves in this way their parents treat them thereby form a self-cognitive model of low value [31]. Individuals are prone to form negative selfattitudes, which may damage the ability of self-compassion and affect adolescent problem behaviors [32][33][34].…”

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How Does Childhood Emotional Maltreatment Affect the Development Trajectory of Adolescent Problem Behaviors? The Mediating Role of Self-compassion

Sun

Ding

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Many of the negative consequences suffered by adolescents are largely the result of their problem behavior. In order to clarify the development mechanism of adolescent problem behaviors, this study explored the effect of childhood emotional maltreatment on the developmental trajectory of problem behavior among adolescents and the mediating role of self-compassion. Data were collected from 1,214 Chinese adolescents through electronic questionnaires on childhood emotional maltreatment, self-compassion and problem behaviors in three waves with a six-month interval. This study revealed that childhood emotional maltreatment significantly predicted the development of adolescent problem behaviors. Childhood emotional maltreatment significantly positively predicted the initial level of adolescent problem behaviors and negatively predicted the changing slope of adolescent problem behaviors. Self-compassion played a mediating role between childhood emotional maltreatment and the development of problem behaviors. This provided a new idea for prevention and intervention of adolescent problem behaviors.

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Self-compassion and posttraumatic growth mediate the relations between social support, prosocial behavior, and antisocial behavior among adolescents after the Ya’an earthquake

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References 80 publications

The role of social connection on the experience of COVID-19 related post-traumatic growth and stress

The role of social connection on the experience of COVID-19 related post-traumatic growth and stress

The mediating role of personal values between COVID-19-related posttraumatic growth and life satisfaction among Chinese college students: A two-wave longitudinal study

How Does Childhood Emotional Maltreatment Affect the Development Trajectory of Adolescent Problem Behaviors? The Mediating Role of Self-compassion

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