英文摘要 |
Purpose: The relationship between compassion and mental health has gradually attracted academic and clinical interest. Compassion is a sensitive, empathetic, sympathetic and nurturing attitude toward suffering or distress with a commitment to try to relieve it in self and others. It involves caring motivation, distress tolerance, and requires courageous actions. The concept of compassion can enrich the connotation of affective development for gifted students. Nevertheless, no Chinese version of scales for assessing students' compassion exists. Little is known about the development of adolescents' compassion. Therefore, in this study, two scales were translated and examined: Chinese version of Compassionate Engagement and Action Scales (CCEAS) and Chinese version of Fears of Compassion Scale (CFCS). The Chinese Version of Compassion Mind Scales (CCMS) comprises the two scales above. The CCMS provides an integrated assessment about three orientations of compassion competencies and fears: the compassion for others, the compassion from others, and self-compassion. Methods: This study validated the CCMS in Taiwanese adolescents by using a cross-sectional design. The questionnaire samples included 5th–12th grade nongifted students and gifted students (N = 651). Participants completed a range of scales including compassionate engagement and action, fears of compassion, emotional styles, attachment styles, and personal intelligence. The reliability, validity, factor constructs, cross-cultural applicability, and differences between gifted and nongifted students of CCMS were examined systematically. Results/Findings: 1) The CCEAS has three original dimensions: selfcompassion, compassion for others, and compassion from others. Each dimension includes the two factors of compassionate engagement and compassionate action. 2) The CFCS includes three original dimensions: fears of compassion for others, with the two factors of psychological burden and negative humanity; fears of compassion from others, with the two factors of worry about loss and relationship distance; and fears of self-compassion, with the two factors of self-isolation and strict self-discipline. 3) The CCMS has acceptable internal consistency and retest reliability. The dimension of compassionate engagement and action is significantly positively correlated with emotional styles, secure attachment, and personal intelligence. Fears of compassion are significantly and positively correlated with avoidant and anxious attachment. Personal intelligence is slightly correlated with compassionate engagement and action and also with fears of compassion. 4) According to a Bifactor confirmatory factor analysis model, the compassion mind is affected not only by the contextual factors of self-compassion, compassion for others, and compassion from others but also by the special factors of fears of compassion and compassionate engagement and action. Fears of compassion are slightly negatively correlated with compassionate engagement and action. Conclusions/ Implications: The CCMS is a valid research tool for measuring the competencies and fears of compassion in adolescents which can be used in research and clinical practice. The CCMS also distinctly discriminates between gifted and nongifted students, thus supporting its specificity. The CCMS further indicates important complex relationships between emotional styles, attachment styles, and personal intelligence. Understanding how to facilitate compassionate engagement and action and inhibit fears of compassion is critical; herein, suggestions based on the results are proposed. |