The Korean Journal of Health Psychology
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Self-Compassion, Other-Compassion, Mindfulness, and Quality of Life: Comparing Alternative Causal Models
Abstract
This study assessed different causal models of relationship among self-compassion, other-compassion, mindfulness and quality of life. Based on theories and empirical evidences related to mindfulness meditation and loving-kindness meditation, four alternative models representing different causal relationships among mindfulness, self-compassion, othercompassion, and quality of life were derived and compared. The following questionnaires were administered to 373 college students: Self-report scales for mindfulness (K-MAAS; Kwon, & Kim, 2007), self-compassion (K-SCS; Kim, et. al., 2008), two-kinds of other-compassion (ACLS-CO and ACLS-SH; Gim, & Shin, 2014), and quality of life (K-WHO-QOL-BREF, Min, et al., 2002). Of four alternative models, one model showed a better fit than the rest, meeting recommended criteria of fit indices such as CFI, NFI, TLI and RMSEA. According to this model, mindfulness showed both direct and indirect effects(via self-compassion) on quality of life. However it had no correlation with compassion for close-others or for strangers. In addition, self-compassion significantly affected quality of life, and compassion for close-others. However it did not affect the compassion for strangers. Furthermore, compassion for close-others had a significant direct effect on the quality of life and compassion for strangers. However, compassion for strangers did not affect the quality of life. Our results suggested that the underlying processes of meditation practice on quality of life could be somewhat different depending on the kind of meditation practiced. Implications for future research and the limitations of this study were discussed.
- keywords
- mindfulness, mindfulness meditation, self-compassion, compassion for others, loving-kindness meditation, quality of life, 마음챙김, 마음챙김명상, 자기연민, 타인연민, 자비명상, 삶의 질
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