Self - Compassion, Self - Esteem And Subjective Well - Being

This research aims to discuss the relations of three concepts—self-compassion、self-esteem、subjective well-being, the key point of which are the character of undergraduate’self-compassion、self-esteem and subjective well-being, the effect of the heterogeneity ofhigh self-esteem on self-compassion and subjective well-being and mediating effect ofself-esteem between self-compassion and subjective well-being. First, it is a theorysummarize about the research of three aspects，Second, it is a systematic study aboutcharacteristics and relations in two aspects of the three aspects and the difference betweentwo types of high self-esteem in self-compassion and subjective well-being. Finally, it is aresearch about mediating effect of self-esteem. This research selects450undergraduatestudents as objects from Qu Fu University. This research carries out with questionnairesurvey and then applies some statistic methods such as correlate, regression and multileveldata analysis. It aims to check the character of self-compassion、self-esteem and subjectivewell-being, the relations in two aspects of the three aspects and mediating effect ofself-esteem. The results are as follows:(1) In the whole, the undergraduates’ self-compassion is characteristic evidently.Specifically the differences between grades are significant, but the differences betweendepartments and gender are not significant. The undergraduates’ self-esteem and subjectivewell-being are not characteristic evidently.(2) Self-compassion, self-esteem and subjective well-being and its various dimensionsof two related analysis and variance analysis showed that between two of the three hassignificant positive correlation, which is consistent with previous research results.(3) For two different types of high self-esteem level of self-compassion of varianceanalysis showed that the high defense self-respect’ self-compassion level were significantlylower than the real high self-esteem’, the results of this study is a provide evidence to thehypothesis of self-compassion is a kind of better attitude to self than self-esteem.(4) The mediating effect of self-esteem between self-compassion and its fourdimensions which include self-acceptance, self-identity, self-regulation, emotionalmindfulness and subjective well-being, and not fully mediation. The mediating effect ofself-esteem between self-compassion and subjective well-being is not perfect, the percentageof mediating effect in total effect was31.7%, that means self-compassion can predictsubjective well-being through indirectly self-esteem. The mediating effect of self-esteembetween self-acceptance, self-identity, self-regulation, emotional mindfulness and subjective well-being are not perfect too, the percentage of mediating effect in total effect were8.3%,31.6%,35.3%,14%.