The compassionate type? Personality, self‐compassion, and postdivorce adjustment among Iranian women-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

The compassionate type? Personality, self‐compassion, and postdivorce adjustment among Iranian women

Published:2023-03-07 Issue:5 Volume:72 Page:3084-3099
ISSN:0197-6664
Container-title:Family Relations
language:en
Short-container-title:Family Relations

Author:

Ghasemi Azin¹,Hall Scott S.²^ORCID,Shahi Hassan³⁴^ORCID,Meyers Lawrence S.⁵,Karami Jahangir³,Mehrabani Arash Rahro⁶^ORCID,Rahandaz Zahra¹,Boehnke Klaus⁷^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Psychology, Tehran Science and Research Branch Islamic Azad University Tehran Iran

2. Department of Early Childhood, Youth, and Family Studies Ball State University Muncie IN

3. Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences Razi University Kermanshah Iran

4. Clinical Research Development Center Imam Khomeini and Mohammad Kermanshahi and Farabi Hospitals, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences Kermanshah Iran

5. Psychology Department College of Social Sciences & Interdisciplinary Studies, California State University–Sacramento Sacramento CA

6. Department of Clinical Psychology School of Medicine, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences Kermanshah Iran

7. Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences, Constructor University Bremen Germany

Abstract

AbstractObjectiveThis study examined whether the association between the Big Five personality dimensions and postdivorce adjustment (PDA) was mediated by Neff's concept of self‐compassion.BackgroundResearch on marital psychology suggests that multiple psychological factors are associated with PDA. However, the mechanisms by which these factors affect PDA have received much less attention. Accordingly, in the current study, the potential mediation effect of self‐compassion was investigated. Cultural context of PDA is considered.MethodA total of 334 divorced Iranian women took part in the study. Participants completed a sociodemographic survey, including the Ten‐Item Personality Inventory (TIPI), the Self‐Compassion Scale–Short Form (SCS‐SF), and Fisher's Divorce Adjustment Scale (FDAS).ResultsCorrelational analyses and structural equation modeling showed a significant positive association of self‐compassion with self‐reported measures of the positive factors of PDA (feeling of self‐worth, disentanglement from love relationships, social self‐worth, and rebuilding social trust), and the personality traits of emotional stability, extraversion, and conscientiousness. There also was a significant negative association with the negative factors of PDA (symptoms of grief and feeling of self‐anger) and the personality traits of agreeableness, and openness to experience. Self‐compassion significantly predicted variation in positive psychological health beyond that attributable to personality; it partially mediated the relationship between personality and postdivorce adjustment.ConclusionsPersonality appears to relate to postdivorce adjustment through self‐compassion. The role of Iranian cultural characteristics in perceiving the magnitude of stress resulting from divorce, and postdivorce adjustment is discussed.ImplicationsEnhancing self‐compassion among divorced Iranian women seems to be a worthwhile approach to divorce counseling.

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

Social Sciences (miscellaneous),Developmental and Educational Psychology,Education

Link

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/fare.12868

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