Structural pattern of the relationship between parental bonds and social anxiety in adolescents with the mediating role of self-compassion

Solmaz Dabiri¹ Hayedeh Saberi²

1) PhD student in Psychology, Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Rudehen Branch, Tehran, Iran.
2) Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Rudehen Branch, Tehran, Iran

IOI Code : XEBH-HZKBZ
Publication : 2nd National Conference on Clinical Psychology of Children and Adolescents(cpcauma2.ir)
Abstract :
    o Abstract o Social anxiety often occurs in adolescence and can impair a person s performance. The aim of this study was to investigate the mediating role of self-compassion in the relationship between parental bonds and social anxiety in adolescents. The present study was a descriptive-correlational modeling of structural equations. The statistical population of the present study included all adolescents in Tehran in April and May 1401. These adolescents who scored above 40 on the Connor Social Anxiety Questionnaire were selected as a sample and were asked to answer the Self-Compassion Questionnaire and the Parental Bonding Scale. The results showed that the correlation coefficient between social anxiety with the dimension of care and control of parental bonds and self-compassion is significant at the level of 0.01. Self-compassion also mediated the relationship between parental bonds and social anxiety in adolescents. Accordingly, in the relationship between parental bonds and social anxiety in adolescents, compassion itself had a mediating role. Thus, parental bonds can help reduce social anxiety in adolescents by increasing their level of compassion. o Keywords: Parental bonds, Social anxiety, Adolescent, Self-compassion

Keywords : parental bonds social anxiety adolescent self compassion