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The Korean Journal of Health Psychology

Compassion and stress response: Improving effect of perceived social support

The Korean Journal of Health Psychology / The Korean Journal of Health Psychology, (P)1229-070X; (E)2713-9581
2019, v.24 no.2, pp.413-428
https://doi.org/10.17315/kjhp.2019.24.2.007


Abstract

The purpose of this research was to identify one path that links compassion and individual well-being through the examination of the role of compassion in the relationship between social support and stress response. With this purpose, the aim was oriented towards the analysis of moderated mediation of compassion among the social resources, perceived social support and stress response. In this study, 252 university students were surveyed to measure social resources, perceived social support, compassion, and stress response. The result indicated that compassion moderated the level of mediation between social resources and stress response through perceived social support, thus producing a mediation effect. In other words, compassion had a positive effect on stress response reduction through the perception of more social support. These results implied that raising love and interest for others is beneficial not only for others but also for oneself. Therefore, it is suggested that training to expand and cultivate compassion for others as an intervention method can be effective in the alleviation of individual psychological distress. Finally, the limitation of this study and the direction of future research are suggested.

keywords
자비심, 사회적 지지, 스트레스 반응, 웰빙, Compassion, social support, stress response. well-being.

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