The Correlation Between Self-compassion and Depression Revisited: a Three-Level Meta-analysis
- 24-08-2022
- REVIEW
Gepubliceerd in:
- Auteurs
- Xiaobin Lou
- Haobi Wang
- Michael Minkov
- Gepubliceerd in
- Mindfulness | Uitgave 9/2022
Abstract
Objectives
This three-level meta-analysis aimed at examining the correlation between self-compassion and depression using culturally diverse samples. We also analyzed self-compassion into its sub-components and checked the cross-cultural consistency of the findings.
Methods
We reviewed 271 articles that measured self-compassion according to Neff’s conceptualization. A three-level meta-analytical framework, which partitioned between-study heterogeneity into within- and between-country levels, was used for all analyses. Meta-regression analyses were used to examine the moderating role of culture, according to the revised Minkov-Hofstede model.
Results
Our findings indicated that self-compassion was negatively correlated with depression with a large effect size (r = − 0.53). This effect size was closer to the correlation between the negative components of self-compassion and depression, while less close to that of the positive components of self-compassion. The distribution of between-study heterogeneity shared a similar pattern, with positive components of self-compassion showing higher variances across societies. There was evidence showing that the relationships between self-kindness and self-judgment with depression varied across societies varying in flexibility and individualism.
Conclusions
The effect size and cross-cultural consistency of the correlation between self-compassion and depression vary across different sub-components of self-compassion. Future cross-cultural analyses of self-compassion should pay more attention to this divergence.
- Titel
- The Correlation Between Self-compassion and Depression Revisited: a Three-Level Meta-analysis
- Auteurs
-
Xiaobin Lou
Haobi Wang
Michael Minkov
- Publicatiedatum
- 24-08-2022
- Uitgeverij
- Springer US
- Gepubliceerd in
-
Mindfulness / Uitgave 9/2022
Print ISSN: 1868-8527
Elektronisch ISSN: 1868-8535 - DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-022-01958-9
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