AN INVESTIGATION ON COMPASSION AND SUBMISSIVE COMPASSION AS PREDICTORS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING

Year 2021, Issue: 88, 467 - 478, 26.12.2021

Seher Akdeniz Zeynep Gültekin Ahçı

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate compassion and submissive compassion as predictors
of psychological well-being. Participants consisted of 252 people, 150 women and
102 men between 18 and 59 years of age. Correlation and hierarchical regression
analyses were performed to examine the relationships between compassion, submissive
compassion, and psychological well-being. The study found a positive and significant
relationship between compassion and psychological well-being, and a negative and
significant one between submissive compassion and psychological well-being. The
results indicate, on the other hand, that compassion and submissive compassion were
significantly negatively correlated. Based on the gender and age variables, compassion
and submissive compassion explain 13% of the variance in psychological well-being. The
results are discussed based on the literature.

Keywords

Compassion, Submissive Compassion, Psychological Well-Being, Happiness, Mental Health.

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