Fears of Receiving and Giving Compassion and Resilience: The Mediating Role of Self-Compassion in a Collectivistic Culture

Abstract

The aim of this study is to test the mediating role of self-compassion in the relationship between fears of receiving and giving compassion and resilience. A total of 466 individuals participated in the study, aged between 18 and 64 (M = 33, SD = 11.3), with 355 (76.2%) identifying as female and 111 (23.8%) as male. The results indicated that self-compassion partially mediated the relationship between fear of receiving compassion and resilience, while fully mediating the relationship between fear of giving compassion and resilience. The direct and indirect relationships identified in the study differed from those found in research conducted in individualistic cultures. We discussed the results from the perspective of a collectivistic cultural framework.