Year: 2011
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This study examined the role of self-compassion and its relationship to depression and forgiveness.Participants (n = 96) were recruited from undergraduate psychology classes at a medium-sized Midwestern Catholic university.Participants completed selfreport questionnaires assessing self-compassion, forgiveness, depression, and rumination.Consistent with hypotheses, rumination mediated the relationship between selfcompassion and depression.The above mediation was also examined using the selfcompassion subscale "isolation" because this subscale related strongest to rumination and depression.It was found that self-compassion "isolation" and rumination independently predicted depression significantly.This study also found that self-compassion correlated with forgiveness.More specifically, positive aspects of self-compassion (mindfulness, self-kindness) were closely related to forgiveness of others.This seems to suggest not only that measures of well-being are often related to each other, but also that mindfulness and self-kindness, specifically, may be two integral parts involved in forgiveness.Implications and study limitations are discussed.v
Author: Ashley Mae Skoda
Institution: University of Dayton
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2603996591