The Mediating Role of Self-Compassion Between Mindfulness and Compassion Fatigue Among Therapists

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran. Iran.

2 Department of Psychology, Faculty Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

3 Department of Operations Management and Decision Sciences, Faculty of Management, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

Compassion fatigue is a condition in which physical and emotional fatigue of mental health caregivers leads to a decrease in the ability to feel compassion towards clients. The purpose of this research was to investigate the mediating role of self-compassion in the relationship between mindfulness and compassion in therapists. The statistical population of this research was psychotherapists, counselors and experts in the field of mental health with at least one year of experience in therapy who lived in Iran and had access to virtual space in the summer and fall of 1401. A total of 300 community members were selected through convenience sampling from members of groups and social media pages related to psychology and counseling, and scales of compassion fatigue (CFST; Figley, 1995), mindfulness (FFMQ Bauer et al. , 2006) and self-compassion (SCSNF, 2003). The research data was analyzed using the path analysis method with the Use of SPSS-26 and Lisrel 8/7 software. The results of the present study showed that self-compassion plays a mediating role between mindfulness and compassion in therapists. Also, the path analysis results showed a good fit of the model.

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Journal of Applied Psychological Research

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 15 April 2024

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