The mediating role of self-compassion in the relationship between emotional expressiveness and life satisfaction.

Document Type : review Article

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1 Master's degree student in Personality Psychology, Higher Islamic Humanities Complex, Al-Mustafa Al-Alamiyah Community, Qom, Iran.

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Islamic Humanities Higher Education Complex, Al-Mustafa Al-Alamiyah University, Qom, Iran

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The aim of this study is to investigate the mediating role of self-compassion in the relationship between emotional expressiveness and life satisfaction. A descriptive correlational method was used in this study. The statistical population of this study is all men and women over 18 years of age who were residents of Qom in 1403.From this population, 121 samples were selected conveniently. Research data were collected using the Toronto Emotional Aphasia Scale (Begby, Barker, & Taylor, 1994), Self-Compassion Scale (Teff et al., 2003), and Life Satisfaction Scale (Diener et al., 1989).For data analysis, linear regression method by Baron and Kenny method was used. The research findings showed a positive and significant relationship between the variables of emotional expressiveness with life satisfaction and emotional expressiveness with self-compassion, and a positive and significant relationship between self-compassion and life satisfaction. This study showed that self-compassion plays a mediating role in the relationship between emotional expressiveness and life satisfaction.

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