This study aimed to explore the underlying mechanism of childhood psychological maltreatment and self-satisfaction through serial mediation involving self-critical rumination and self-compassion. The study employed a cross-sectional design with 528 participants (343 females, 185 males), including young adults and adults aged 18 to 59. The convenience sampling method was used, and to collect data, the participants completed the self-satisfaction scale, childhood trauma questionnaire, self-critical rumination, and self-compassion scale. Structural equation modeling results indicated that, controlling for age and gender effects, childhood psychological maltreatment was negatively correlated with self-satisfaction and self-compassion and positively correlated with self-critical rumination. The serial mediation analysis revealed that self-critical rumination explains a unique variance beyond the influence of self-compassion. Furthermore, even when controlling for the effects of self-critical rumination and self-compassion, childhood psychological maltreatment still directly affected self-satisfaction. The bootstrapping process revealed substantial relationships between childhood psychological maltreatment and self-satisfaction through self-critical rumination. An important result of this study indicated that childhood psychological maltreatment may impair individual’s subjective well-being even during adulthood. To enhance the self-satisfaction of these individuals, interventions should focus especially on decreasing self-critical rumination and increasing self-compassion. Public health professionals should make efforts to prevent children from experiencing psychological maltreatment, which can adversely impact their subjective well-being in adulthood. The study acknowledges its limitations, and suggestions for future research are highlighted in light of the existing literature.

本研究旨在通过自我批评沉思和自我同情的一系列调解来探讨儿童心理虐待和自我满足的潜在机制。该研究采用横断面设计，共有528名参与者（343名女性，185名男性），包括青壮年和18岁至59岁的成年人。采用方便抽样方法，收集数据，参与者填写了自我满意度量表，童年创伤问卷、自我批评反思和自我慈悲量表。结构方程模型结果表明，在控制年龄和性别影响的情况下，儿童心理虐待与自我满足和自我同情呈负相关，与自我批评沉思呈正相关。系列中介分析表明，自我批评的沉思解释了自我同情影响之外的独特差异。此外，即使控制了自我批评沉思和自我同情的影响，童年心理虐待仍然直接影响自我满足感。引导过程揭示了童年心理虐待与通过自我批评沉思获得自我满足之间的密切关系。这项研究的一个重要结果表明，童年时期的心理虐待可能会损害个人的主观幸福感，甚至在成年期间也是如此。为了提高这些人的自我满足感，干预措施应特别注重减少自我批评的沉思和增加自我同情。公共卫生专业人员应努力防止儿童遭受心理虐待，这可能会对他们成年后的主观幸福感产生不利影响。该研究承认其局限性，并根据现有文献强调了对未来研究的建议。