ObjectiveSelf‐compassion can help people when they make mistakes, but does it affect how people respond when falsely accused of making a mistake? In this research, we tested the hypothesis that self‐compassion is associated with lower levels of anger after a false accusation which, in turn, lowers the likelihood that people will attempt to challenge the accusation.MethodIn Studies 1A (N = 422) and 1B (N = 492), participants imagined that they were playing in an important tennis match and were falsely accused by an official of making an error. In Study 2 (N = 346), participants completed an online survey that, at one point, displayed a message accusing them of plagiarizing one of their responses.ResultsIn all studies, self‐compassion assessed prior to the accusation was negatively associated with levels of anger following the accusation. Anger, in turn, was positively associated with intentions to challenge the accusation (Studies 1A and 1B) and with the likelihood that participants brought the false accusation to our attention when given an opportunity to do so (Study 2).ConclusionThis research shows that highly self‐compassionate people are not always ferocious and may be susceptible to being taken advantage of when facing false accusations.

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当自我同情缺乏凶猛时：愤怒和对虚假指控的回应


客观自我同情可以在人们犯错时帮助他们，但它会影响人们在被诬告犯错时的反应吗？在这项研究中，我们检验了这样一个假设，即自我同情与诬告后较低的愤怒水平有关，这反过来又降低了人们试图挑战指控的可能性。方法在研究 1A （N = 422） 和 1B （N = 492） 中，参与者想象他们正在参加一场重要的网球比赛，并被官员诬告犯了错误。在研究 2 （N = 346） 中，参与者完成了一项在线调查，该调查一度显示一条消息，指责他们剽窃了他们的一个回答。结果在所有研究中，指控前评估的自我同情与指控后的愤怒程度呈负相关。反过来，愤怒与挑战指控的意图呈正相关（研究 1A 和 1B），以及参与者在有机会时将虚假指控引起我们注意的可能性（研究 2）。结论这项研究表明，高度自我同情的人并不总是凶猛的，在面对虚假指控时可能很容易被利用。