Forgiveness as a mediator on the effect of self-compassion on the ego depletion

Authors

  • Agus Abdul Rahman Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Islam Negeri Sunan Gunung Djati, Bandung
  • Elvariana Valencia Arisanti Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Islam Negeri Sunan Gunung Djati, Bandung
  • Nurul Fajriyah Prahastuti Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Islam Negeri Sunan Gunung Djati, Bandung
  • Nani Nuranisah Djamal Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Islam Negeri Sunan Gunung Djati, Bandung

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21580/pjpp.v4i2.3814

Keywords:

ego depletion, forgiveness, self-compassion

Abstract

Self-compassion is a trait that helps people to withstand stressful situations. Self-compassion helps people to maintain self-regulation, to interpret the positive side of the problems, and to avoid ego depletion. The purpose of this research is to examine the indirect effect of self-compassion to ego depletion with forgiveness as a mediating variable. Forgiveness selected as a mediating variable because of its ability to play a role as a coping strategy and reduce ego depletion tendency. The researcher believes that the impact of self-compassion to ego depletion increasing if forgiveness included as a mediating variable. This research used a regression technique analysis. Data were collected on 200 students by purposive sampling technique using a self-compassion scale, ego depletion scale, and forgiveness scale. The result shows that the impact of self-compassion to ego depletion decreased without forgiveness as a mediating variable. The researcher concluded that forgiveness was effective as a mediating variable to self-compassion and ego depletion.

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2019-10-21

How to Cite

Rahman, A. A., Arisanti, E. V., Prahastuti, N. F., & Djamal, N. N. (2019). Forgiveness as a mediator on the effect of self-compassion on the ego depletion. Psikohumaniora: Jurnal Penelitian Psikologi, 4(2), 181–190. https://doi.org/10.21580/pjpp.v4i2.3814

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Vol. 4 No. 2 (2019)

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