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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Psychol.
Sec. Personality and Social Psychology
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1474177

Perceived social Support and psychological wellbeing: Testing the moderated mediation model of self-compassion and culture

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Lubna Tannous-Haddad Lubna Tannous-Haddad 1*Efrat Barel Efrat Barel 2Orna Tzischinsky Orna Tzischinsky 1
  • 1 Max Stern Academic College of Emek Yezreel, Emek Yezreel, Israel
  • 2 University of Haifa, Haifa, Haifa, Israel

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    Self-compassion and self-coldness mediate the relationship between perceived social support and wellbeing, depression, anxiety and stress. However, this mediation has not been studied in intercultural contexts yet. The current crosssectional study explores the mediation effects of both constructs among Arabs and Jews in Israel. Participants were 496 adults -309 Jews (62.3%) and 187 Arabs (37.7%)with an average age of 40.3. Respondents completed online standardized measures of self-compassion, self-coldness, perceived social support, wellbeing, depression, anxiety, and stress. The data were analyzed using PROCESS macro model 4 and 59. Testing the indirect effects of self-compassion and self-coldness on the relationship between perceived social support and wellbeing facets, we found a mediation effect for both constructs. We also found that culture moderated the mediation processes and found a stronger mediation effect for self-compassion among Arabs than Jews, but no moderation of culture on the mediation effect of selfcoldness. These results emphasize the importance of considering cultural context when designing support interventions aimed at promoting wellbeing by enhancing self-compassion. The differential mediation effect by self-compassion and selfcoldness contributes to growing research pointing to a need to further explore the influence of different components of self-compassion in different cultures.

    Keywords: self-compassion, culture, wellbeing, Depression, Anxiety, stress

    Received: 01 Aug 2024; Accepted: 20 Nov 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Tannous-Haddad, Barel and Tzischinsky. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Lubna Tannous-Haddad, Max Stern Academic College of Emek Yezreel, Emek Yezreel, Israel

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