A meta-analysis on the social relationship outcome of being compassionate towards oneself: The moderating role of individualism-collectivism. (January 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wang, Haobi; Lou, Xiaobin
• Is Part Of: Personality and individual differences. Volume 184(2022)
• Publication Date: 2022-01
• Subjects: Self-compassion -- Perceived social support -- Loneliness -- Close relationship quality -- Individualism-collectivism; Personality -- Periodicals; Individuality -- Periodicals; Individuality -- Periodicals; Personality Development -- Periodicals; Personnalité -- Périodiques; Individualité -- Périodiques; 155.205
• DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2021.111162
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0191-8869

Abstract

Abstract: Self-compassion could benefit social relationships. However, its effect size and cross-cultural consistency have not been reviewed. This meta-analysis synthesized the effect sizes of the correlations between self-compassion and social relationship outcomes and examined the moderating role of individualism-collectivism on this link. Results indicated that self-compassion was positively correlated with perceived social support with a moderate effect size ( r = 0.31, N = 6056), negatively correlated with loneliness with a moderate-to-large effect size ( r = −0.41, N = 3295), and positively correlated with close relationship quality with a small effect size ( r = 0.17, N = 4262). The positive link between self-compassion and social support and the negative one of loneliness were weaker in samples collected from more collective societies. The implications were discussed.