여고생의 삶의 의미추구와 의미발견 간 관계에서 자기자비의 매개효과

Abstract

Objectives This study was conducted to investigate the mediating effect of self-compassion on the relationship between the Search for Meaning and the Presence of Meaning in life of high school girls.
 Methods A survey was conducted using the Meaning of Life Scale (MLQ) and Self-Compassion Scale (K-SCS) for 235 girls' high school students located in province C. Descriptive statistics and correlation analysis were performed on major variables, and Process-marco was used to analyze whether self-compassion significantly mediates the relationship between the Search for Meaning and the Presence of Meaning in life
 Results First, there was a significant positive correlation between the Search for Meaning, the Presence of Meaning, and self-compassion, and self-compassion showed a higher correlation with the Presence of Meaning than the Search for Meaning. Self-compassion was found to partially mediate the relationship between the Search for Meaning and the Presence of Meaning in life in high school girls' lives. Third, in the presence of religion, the mediating effect of self-compassion in the relationship between the two variables was not significant, whereas in the absence of religion, self-compassion was partially mediated, showing a difference.
 Conclusions These results suggest that the higher the tendency of high school girls to pursue the meaning of life, the higher their self-compassion, and the receptive attitude of self-compassion can act as a factor that promotes the Presence of Meaning. Also, the partial mediating effect of self-compassion was found only in the absence of religion according to religious beliefs. The role of self-compassion in helping people maintain positive self-concepts and emotions and relieve tension and pain in the process of discovering the meaning of life seems to be more effective in the absence of religion.