Empathy, Psychological well-being and Self-compassion: the Role of Spirituality

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of spirituality with empathy, psychological well-being and self-compassion. This study aimed to examine the gender differences in spirituality, empathy, psychological well-being (PWB) and self-compassion. A sample of 240 participants (Males=120, Females=120) of age range 18-30 years from the region of Punjab was examined using a convenient sampling method. The tools used in this study are: Daily Spiritual Experience Scale, Toronto Empathy Questionnaire, Psychological Well-being scale (Ryff) and SCS-SF (Neff,2003). T-test, correlation and regression analysis were applied. The findings of the study indicated that spirituality is positively related to empathy, PWB and self-compassion. Moreover, findings of the current study concluded that: (i) females scored more than males on spirituality and empathy scale. (ii) there is no significant difference in the scores of psychological well-being for females and males and (iii) females scored more on self- compassion than males.