Self-compassion hos barn
(2015) PSPT02 20151Department of Psychology
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Self-compassion has not yet been studied in younger children. The aim of
this study was to explore self-compassion in children between 10-13
years of age and examine how self-compassion is related to well-being
and social perspective-taking. In addition we wanted to explore possible
age or sex differences in self-compassion. The participants consisted of
228 children from two elementary schools in the south of Sweden. The
children were asked to complete a self-report questionnaire assessing selfcompassion,
well-being in school and psychological distress. Selmans
structured interview measuring social perspective-taking skills in children,
was made with 30 of the children who completed the questionnaire.
The result showed that... (More) - Self-compassion has not yet been studied in younger children. The aim of
this study was to explore self-compassion in children between 10-13
years of age and examine how self-compassion is related to well-being
and social perspective-taking. In addition we wanted to explore possible
age or sex differences in self-compassion. The participants consisted of
228 children from two elementary schools in the south of Sweden. The
children were asked to complete a self-report questionnaire assessing selfcompassion,
well-being in school and psychological distress. Selmans
structured interview measuring social perspective-taking skills in children,
was made with 30 of the children who completed the questionnaire.
The result showed that there was a positive and significant relationship
between self-compassion and well-being in school, and a negative and
significant relationship between self-compassion and psychological distress.
No significant correlation was found between self-compassion and
social perspective-taking. Neither did the study find any differences based
on sex or age for self-compassion. In summary the study showed that
self-compassion is positively related to well-being in children between
10-13 years of age. Some of the results for self-compassion in this study
differ from former studies done on adults. This suggests that self-compassion
might operate differently in children and adults. (Less)
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- author
- Berggren, Marianne LU and Hugo, Katja
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- PSPT02 20151
- year
- 2015
- type
- H3 - Professional qualifications (4 Years - )
- subject
- keywords
- Self-compassion, well-being, social perspective-taking, children.
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 5469383
- date added to LUP
- 2015-06-09 09:50:11
- date last changed
- 2015-06-09 09:50:11
@misc{5469383, abstract = {{Self-compassion has not yet been studied in younger children. The aim of this study was to explore self-compassion in children between 10-13 years of age and examine how self-compassion is related to well-being and social perspective-taking. In addition we wanted to explore possible age or sex differences in self-compassion. The participants consisted of 228 children from two elementary schools in the south of Sweden. The children were asked to complete a self-report questionnaire assessing selfcompassion, well-being in school and psychological distress. Selmans structured interview measuring social perspective-taking skills in children, was made with 30 of the children who completed the questionnaire. The result showed that there was a positive and significant relationship between self-compassion and well-being in school, and a negative and significant relationship between self-compassion and psychological distress. No significant correlation was found between self-compassion and social perspective-taking. Neither did the study find any differences based on sex or age for self-compassion. In summary the study showed that self-compassion is positively related to well-being in children between 10-13 years of age. Some of the results for self-compassion in this study differ from former studies done on adults. This suggests that self-compassion might operate differently in children and adults.}}, author = {{Berggren, Marianne and Hugo, Katja}}, language = {{swe}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{Self-compassion hos barn}}, year = {{2015}}, }