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The Mediating Effect of Mindfulness and Self-absorption on Emotional Contagion and Compassion
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of mindfulness and self-absorption through emotional contagion on compassion, to explore the psychological mechanisms of compassion that cares, empathizes, and provides support for other’s joy and distress. The level of emotional contagion, self-absorption, compassion, and mindfulness was measured in 300 adults, and correlation and mediating effect analyses were conducted. The main findings are as follows. First, the results showed that there were significant positive correlations among emotional contagion, mindfulness, and compassion. There were negative correlations between self-absorption and the others. Conversely, there were significant positive correlations between self-absorption and negative emotional contagion, and negative correlations between compassion and mindfulness. Second, mindfulness was found to mediate partially the relationship between emotional contagion and compassion. Additionally, self-absorption suppressed the relationship between emotional contagion and compassion. The results of dividing emotional contagion into positive and negative emotional contagion showed that the relationship between positive emotional contagion and compassion was mediated by mindfulness, and the relationship between negative emotional contagion and compassion was mediated by self-absorption. This study is meaningful in that self-absorption is a factor that suppresses compassion amid the phenomenon of emotional contagion. It also revealed that intervention in self-absorption needs to precede to facilitate compassion, otherwise it is not easy to lead to mindfulness and compassion in a state of negative emotional contagion. Based on this, implications for clinical intervention reducing self-absorption through the experiential selfless process are discussed and future research is suggested.
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- 자비, 정서전염, 자기몰입, 마음챙김, compassion, emotional contagion, self-absorption, mindfulness
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