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Forgiveness and Flourishing: The Mediating and Moderating Role of Self-Compassion

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  • Justyna Mróz

    (Department of Psychology, Jan Kochanowski University of Kielce, 25-369 Kielce, Poland)

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(1) Background: This study investigated the relationships between forgiveness, self-compassion, and flourishing, and examined the mediating and moderating role of self-compassion (self-warmth and self-cold) in the relationship between forgiveness and flourishing. (2) Methods: A sample of 300 Polish participants aged 18–57 ( M = 23.53 years, SD = 5.82) completed the Heartland Forgiveness Scale, the Self-Compassion Scale, and the Flourishing Scale; we used Spearman’s rho correlations to assess the associations between the main analyzed variables and used PROCESS software to calculate moderation and mediation. (3) Results: The obtained data showed that forgiveness and self-compassion were positively related to flourishing. Self-warmth (positive dimension of self-compassion) mediated and moderated the link between forgiveness and flourishing. In contrast, self-coldness (negative dimension of self-compassion) did not mediate or moderate the association between forgiveness and flourishing. (4) Conclusions: The results suggest that positive resources relate to and support one another. Compassionate self-responding is associated with positive resources; in contrast, uncompassionate self-responding is not significant for positive variables.

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  • Justyna Mróz, 2022. "Forgiveness and Flourishing: The Mediating and Moderating Role of Self-Compassion," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(1), pages 1-11, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:20:y:2022:i:1:p:666-:d:1020093
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    1. Loren Toussaint & Everett L. Worthington & Jon R. Webb & Colwick Wilson & David R. Williams, 2023. "Forgiveness in Human Flourishing," Springer Books, in: Mireia Las Heras & Marc Grau Grau & Yasin Rofcanin (ed.), Human Flourishing, pages 117-131, Springer.
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