Compassion in three perspectives: Associations with depression and suicidal ideation in a clinical adolescent sample

	Total (N = 259) M (SD)	Girls (n = 219) M (SD)	Boys (n = 40) M (SD)	95% CI	p	Cohen’s d
RADS-2	78.27(16.22)	80.13(15.57)	68.13(16.13)	6.70; 17.30	<.001	.767
SIQ-JR	23.62(21.07)	24.78(21.82)	17.25(15.03)	1.96; 13.10	.009	.360
Self-compassion	53.85(15.83)	53.01(15.75)	58.43(15.69)	-10.75; -.09	.046	-.344
Compassion for others	83.49(13.50	84.62(13.01)	77.30(14.61)	2.83; 11.81	.001	.552
Compassion from others	59.75(18.87)	59.87(19.33)	59.08(16.30)	-5.60; 7.20	.806	.042

1 Note. M = mean; SD = standard deviation; CI = confidence interval; RADS-2 = Reynolds Adolescent Depression Scale – Second Edition; SIQ-JR = Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire – Junior Version.

Table 2.

Results from multiple regression for RADS-2 and SIQ-JR for the total sample.

	Depression (RADS-2)		Suicidal ideation (SIQ-JR)
	Adj.R²	β	Adj.R²	β
Model	.352^***		.170^***
Age		-.077		-.083
Gender¹		-.216^***		-.081
Self-compassion		-.360^***		-.284^***
Compassion for others		.096		.119^*

1* p<0.05;

1** p<0.01;

1*** p<0.001.

11 Variable values: 1= girls; 2 = boys.

1 Note. Adj.R² = adjusted R square; B = standardized coefficient beta; RADS-2 = Reynolds Adolescent Depression Scale – Second Edition; SIQ-JR = Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire – Junior Version.

Table 3.

Results from multiple regression for RADS-2 for girls and boys separately.

	Girls (n= 219)		Boys (n= 40)
	Adj.R²	β	Adj.R²	β
Model	.277^***		.411^***
Self-compassion		-.354^***		-.490**
Compassion for others		.083		.171
Compassion from others		-.296^***		-.310^*

1* p<0.05;

1** p<0.01;

1*** p<0.001.

1 Note. Adj.R² = adjusted R square; B = standardized coefficient beta; RADS-2 = Reynolds Adolescent Depression Scale – Second Edition.

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