Self-Compassion and Predictors of Criminality. Issue 5 (27th May 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Morley, Richard M.; Terranova, Victoria A.; Cunningham, Shannon N.; Kraft, Guliz
• Is Part Of: Journal of aggression, maltreatment & trauma. Volume 25:Issue 5(2016)
• Page Start: 503
• Page End: 517
• Publication Date: 2016-05-27
• Subjects: Criminality -- self-compassion -- self-control -- self-esteem -- social connectedness; Violence -- Periodicals; Offenses against the person -- Periodicals; Aggression -- Periodicals; Crime Victims -- Periodicals; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic -- Periodicals; Violence -- Periodicals; 616.8582
• DOI: 10.1080/10926771.2015.1107170
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1092-6771

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The main focus of this article is to conduct an exploratory investigation of self-compassion, a positive indicator of mental health, as a predictor of violence and criminality within a sample of prisoners. Correlation and regression analyses were used to explore the relationship that self-compassion has with self-control, self-esteem, and social connectedness. Associations between self-compassion and the subscales of self-control were also examined. Results from both correlational analysis and regression indicate that self-compassion is correlated with all 3 variables. Correlations revealed that self-compassion was related to all 6 subscales of self-control. Regression, however, revealed that impulsivity was the only predictor of self-compassion. Further analysis revealed problems with multicollinearity. Implications and limitations of these results are discussed.