Understanding the Relationship between Self-Compassion and Interdependent Happiness of the Married Hindu Couples

• Autorzy: Priyanka Parihar , Gyanesh Kumar Tiwari , Pramod Kumar Rai

Abstrakty

EN

The study examined the relationships among some demographic factors, self-compassion and interdependent happiness of the married Hindu couples. Using a correlational research design, 600 participants (300 couples) were chosen by a snowball sampling. Self-compassion Scale (Neff, 2003b), Socioeconomic Status Scale (Aggarwal et al., 2005) and Interdependent Happiness Scale (Hitokoto & Uchida, 2015) were used to collect data. Findings revealed that some demographic factors such as age, years of marriage and number of family members were positively correlated with self-compassion while the number of children and socioeconomic status were negatively correlated with it. Age, years of marriage and the number of children had a positive relationship with interdependent happiness. Self-compassion evinced a significant positive correlation with the interdependent happiness of the couples. The nature of family and self-compassion accounted for significant variance in the scores of interdependent happiness of the couples. The study constitutes one of the limited studies which assessed the relationships among a set of demographic factors, self-compassion and interdependent happiness on a sample drawn from a collectivistic society. The results have been discussed in the light of extant theoretical and empirical findings of self-compassion and interdependent happiness. The findings may have significant implications for understanding positive life outcomes of people with self-compassion belonging to a collectivistic culture. The theory, practise and policy implications of the findings have been discussed. Directions for future research have also been provided along with some limitations of the study.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

common humanity vs. Isolation; demographic factors; interdependent happiness; married Hindu couples; mindfulness vs. over-identification; self-kindness vs. self-judgement

• Wydawca: Polska Akademia Nauk
• Czasopismo: Polish Psychological Bulletin
• Rocznik: 2020
• Tom: 51
• Numer: 4
• Strony: 260-272

Daty

wydano

2020

Twórcy

autor

Priyanka Parihar

autor

Gyanesh Kumar Tiwari

autor

Pramod Kumar Rai

Identyfikatory

Biblioteka Nauki

2128998