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Feelings of shame and the psychological well-being of adolescents: Fears of receiving compassion and social safeness as mediating processes
| Resumo: | Objectives: The current study aims to test the mediating role of fears of receiving compassion from others and of current feelings of social safeness and connectedness in the association between external shame and the psychological well-being of adolescents. We hypothesize that adolescents with higher levels of external shame may have lower psychological well-being indicators due to increased fear of receiving compassion from others and decreased feelings of social safeness. Methods: A total of 361 Portuguese adolescents of both sexes (43.8% boys; 56.2% girls), aged between 12 and 18 participated in this study by completing self-report measures to evaluate feelings of shame, fears of compassion, current feelings of social safeness, and the psychological well-being of adolescents. Data were analyzed through descriptive and correlational statistics, and the suitability of the model was tested via path analysis. Results: Results seemed to demonstrate that, in both sexes, adolescents’ external shame is associated with psychological well-being. This effect was mediated by increased fear of receiving others' compassion and decreased connection and security feelings in social contexts. Specifically, results indicated that the tested model presented an adequate adjustment to the data, explaining 15.0% of the variance of fears of receiving compassion from others, 37.0% of the variance of current feelings of social safeness, and 46.0% of the variance of the psychological well-being of adolescents. Conclusions: This study contributes to a better understanding of the role that feelings of inferiority, fears of receiving compassion from others, and difficulty establishing safe and pleasurable relationships with others, in the social context, have on the psychological well-being of adolescents of both sexes. |
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| Autores principais: | Mendes, Ana Laura |
| Outros Autores: | Canavarro , Maria Cristina; Ferreira , Cláudia |
| Assunto: | adolescents external shame fears of compassion psychological well-being social safeness exploratory study adolescentes vergonha externa medo da compaixão sentimentos de segurança e ligação aos outros bem-estar psicológico estudo exploratório |
| Ano: | 2020 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Tipo de acesso: | unknown |
| Instituição associada: | Instituto Superior Miguel Torga |
| Idioma: | português |
| Origem: | Revista Portuguesa de Investigação Comportamental e Social |
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| author | Mendes, Ana Laura |
| author2 | Canavarro , Maria Cristina Ferreira , Cláudia |
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| datacite.titles.title.fl_str_mv | Feelings of shame and the psychological well-being of adolescents: Fears of receiving compassion and social safeness as mediating processes A vergonha e o bem-estar psicológico dos adolescentes: O medo de receber compaixão e os sentimentos de segurança e ligação aos outros como processos mediadores |
| dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv | Mendes, Ana Laura Canavarro , Maria Cristina Ferreira , Cláudia |
| dc.description.none.fl_str_mv | Objetivos: O objetivo do presente estudo foi testar o papel mediador do medo de receber compaixão dos outros e dos sentimentos de segurança e proximidade, em contexto social, na associação entre vergonha externa e o bem-estar psicológico dos adolescentes. Foi hipotetizado que adolescentes com elevados níveis de vergonha externa apresentem uma diminuição nos níveis de bem-estar psicológico, através do aumento do medo de receber compaixão e da diminuição dos sentimentos de segurança e proximidade em contexto social. Métodos: Participaram neste estudo 361 adolescentes portugueses de ambos os sexos (43,8% rapazes; 56,2% raparigas), com idade entre os 12 e os 18 anos, os quais completaram medidas de autorresposta relativamente a sentimentos de vergonha, medo da compaixão, sentimentos de segurança e de proximidade aos outros, e bem-estar percebido dos adolescentes. Os dados foram explorados através de estatísticas descritivas e correlacionais, e o modelo teórico proposto foi testado através de análises path. Resultados: Os dados pareceram demonstrar que, em ambos os sexos, a vergonha externa está associada a um decréscimo do bem-estar psicológico dos adolescentes, e que este efeito é mediado pelo aumento do medo de receber compaixão dos outros e pela diminuição dos sentimentos de segurança e conexão em contexto social. Os resultados indicaram que o modelo testado apresenta um adequado ajustamento aos dados, explicando 15,0% da variância do medo de receber compaixão dos outros, 37,0% da variância dos sentimentos de segurança e proximidade aos outros e 46,0% da variância do bem-estar psicológico dos adolescentes. Conclusões: Este estudo parece contribuir para uma compreensão mais aprofundada acerca da importância do papel dos sentimentos de inferioridade, do medo de receber compaixão dos outros, e dos sentimentos de segurança e proximidade, no contexto social, no bem-estar psicológico dos adolescentes. |
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| dc.publisher.none.fl_str_mv | Departamento de Investigação & Desenvolvimento do Instituto Superior Miguel Torga |
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| dc.source.none.fl_str_mv | Portuguese Journal of Behavioral and Social Research; Vol. 6 No. 2 (2020): November; 56-68 Revista Portuguesa de Investigação Comportamental e Social; Vol. 6 N.º 2 (2020): Novembro; 56-68 2183-4938 |
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| dc.title.fl_str_mv | Feelings of shame and the psychological well-being of adolescents: Fears of receiving compassion and social safeness as mediating processes A vergonha e o bem-estar psicológico dos adolescentes: O medo de receber compaixão e os sentimentos de segurança e ligação aos outros como processos mediadores |
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| description | Objectives: The current study aims to test the mediating role of fears of receiving compassion from others and of current feelings of social safeness and connectedness in the association between external shame and the psychological well-being of adolescents. We hypothesize that adolescents with higher levels of external shame may have lower psychological well-being indicators due to increased fear of receiving compassion from others and decreased feelings of social safeness. Methods: A total of 361 Portuguese adolescents of both sexes (43.8% boys; 56.2% girls), aged between 12 and 18 participated in this study by completing self-report measures to evaluate feelings of shame, fears of compassion, current feelings of social safeness, and the psychological well-being of adolescents. Data were analyzed through descriptive and correlational statistics, and the suitability of the model was tested via path analysis. Results: Results seemed to demonstrate that, in both sexes, adolescents’ external shame is associated with psychological well-being. This effect was mediated by increased fear of receiving others' compassion and decreased connection and security feelings in social contexts. Specifically, results indicated that the tested model presented an adequate adjustment to the data, explaining 15.0% of the variance of fears of receiving compassion from others, 37.0% of the variance of current feelings of social safeness, and 46.0% of the variance of the psychological well-being of adolescents. Conclusions: This study contributes to a better understanding of the role that feelings of inferiority, fears of receiving compassion from others, and difficulty establishing safe and pleasurable relationships with others, in the social context, have on the psychological well-being of adolescents of both sexes. |
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| spelling | en-USFeelings of shame and the psychological well-being of adolescents: Fears of receiving compassion and social safeness as mediating processespt-PTA vergonha e o bem-estar psicológico dos adolescentes: O medo de receber compaixão e os sentimentos de segurança e ligação aos outros como processos mediadoresMendes, Ana LauraCanavarro , Maria CristinaFerreira , Cláudiaadolescentsexternal shamefears of compassionpsychological well-beingsocial safenessexploratory studyadolescentesvergonha externamedo da compaixãosentimentos de segurança e ligação aos outrosbem-estar psicológicoestudo exploratórioDireitos de Autor (c) 2020 Ana Laura Mendes, Maria Cristina Canavarro , Cláudia Ferreirahttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0https://doi.org/10.31211/rpics.2020.6.2.187DOIhttps://rpics.ismt.pt/index.php/ISMT/article/view/187URLHasVersionhttps://rpics.ismt.pt/index.php/ISMT/article/view/187/424URLHasVersionhttps://rpics.ismt.pt/index.php/ISMT/article/view/187/425URLHasVersionhttps://rpics.ismt.pt/index.php/ISMT/article/view/187/426URLHasVersionhttps://rpics.ismt.pt/index.php/ISMT/article/view/187/436URLHasVersionhttps://doi.org/10.31211/rpics.2020.6.2.187DOI2020-11-29en-USObjectives: The current study aims to test the mediating role of fears of receiving compassion from others and of current feelings of social safeness and connectedness in the association between external shame and the psychological well-being of adolescents. We hypothesize that adolescents with higher levels of external shame may have lower psychological well-being indicators due to increased fear of receiving compassion from others and decreased feelings of social safeness. Methods: A total of 361 Portuguese adolescents of both sexes (43.8% boys; 56.2% girls), aged between 12 and 18 participated in this study by completing self-report measures to evaluate feelings of shame, fears of compassion, current feelings of social safeness, and the psychological well-being of adolescents. Data were analyzed through descriptive and correlational statistics, and the suitability of the model was tested via path analysis. Results: Results seemed to demonstrate that, in both sexes, adolescents’ external shame is associated with psychological well-being. This effect was mediated by increased fear of receiving others' compassion and decreased connection and security feelings in social contexts. Specifically, results indicated that the tested model presented an adequate adjustment to the data, explaining 15.0% of the variance of fears of receiving compassion from others, 37.0% of the variance of current feelings of social safeness, and 46.0% of the variance of the psychological well-being of adolescents. Conclusions: This study contributes to a better understanding of the role that feelings of inferiority, fears of receiving compassion from others, and difficulty establishing safe and pleasurable relationships with others, in the social context, have on the psychological well-being of adolescents of both sexes.pt-PTObjetivos: O objetivo do presente estudo foi testar o papel mediador do medo de receber compaixão dos outros e dos sentimentos de segurança e proximidade, em contexto social, na associação entre vergonha externa e o bem-estar psicológico dos adolescentes. Foi hipotetizado que adolescentes com elevados níveis de vergonha externa apresentem uma diminuição nos níveis de bem-estar psicológico, através do aumento do medo de receber compaixão e da diminuição dos sentimentos de segurança e proximidade em contexto social. Métodos: Participaram neste estudo 361 adolescentes portugueses de ambos os sexos (43,8% rapazes; 56,2% raparigas), com idade entre os 12 e os 18 anos, os quais completaram medidas de autorresposta relativamente a sentimentos de vergonha, medo da compaixão, sentimentos de segurança e de proximidade aos outros, e bem-estar percebido dos adolescentes. Os dados foram explorados através de estatísticas descritivas e correlacionais, e o modelo teórico proposto foi testado através de análises path. Resultados: Os dados pareceram demonstrar que, em ambos os sexos, a vergonha externa está associada a um decréscimo do bem-estar psicológico dos adolescentes, e que este efeito é mediado pelo aumento do medo de receber compaixão dos outros e pela diminuição dos sentimentos de segurança e conexão em contexto social. Os resultados indicaram que o modelo testado apresenta um adequado ajustamento aos dados, explicando 15,0% da variância do medo de receber compaixão dos outros, 37,0% da variância dos sentimentos de segurança e proximidade aos outros e 46,0% da variância do bem-estar psicológico dos adolescentes. Conclusões: Este estudo parece contribuir para uma compreensão mais aprofundada acerca da importância do papel dos sentimentos de inferioridade, do medo de receber compaixão dos outros, e dos sentimentos de segurança e proximidade, no contexto social, no bem-estar psicológico dos adolescentes.Departamento de Investigação & Desenvolvimento do Instituto Superior Miguel Torgaapplication/pdfapplication/pdftext/htmltext/xmlen-USPortuguese Journal of Behavioral and Social Research; Vol. 6 No. 2 (2020): November; 56-68pt-PTRevista Portuguesa de Investigação Comportamental e Social; Vol. 6 N.º 2 (2020): Novembro; 56-682183-4938porjournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501literatureVoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85 |
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| title | Feelings of shame and the psychological well-being of adolescents: Fears of receiving compassion and social safeness as mediating processes |
| title_full | Feelings of shame and the psychological well-being of adolescents: Fears of receiving compassion and social safeness as mediating processes |
| title_fullStr | Feelings of shame and the psychological well-being of adolescents: Fears of receiving compassion and social safeness as mediating processes |
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| title_short | Feelings of shame and the psychological well-being of adolescents: Fears of receiving compassion and social safeness as mediating processes |
| title_sort | Feelings of shame and the psychological well-being of adolescents: Fears of receiving compassion and social safeness as mediating processes |
| topic | adolescents external shame fears of compassion psychological well-being social safeness exploratory study adolescentes vergonha externa medo da compaixão sentimentos de segurança e ligação aos outros bem-estar psicológico estudo exploratório |
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