The Level of Self – Compassion for Sample of University Students

Mansour, Enas Mohamed Soliman Ali

doi:10.21608/jsre.2022.138703.1470

The Level of Self – Compassion for Sample of University Students

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Enas Mohamed Soliman Ali Mansour

Taif University

10.21608/jsre.2022.138703.1470

Abstract

The current research aims to know the level of self-compassion among a sample of Cairo University students, at the Faculty of
And knowing the differences between the responses of the study sample about compassion in particular according to the variable (type of college, age group). The study sample consisted of (154) female students divided into (83) female students from the Faculty of Science, (71) female students from the Faculty of Law at Cairo University. The Mercy Scale was applied to them in particular, prepared by (Neff, 2003), translated and Arabized by the researcher. The results of the study concluded that there was a high level of self-compassion among the students of Cairo University, meaning that the students enjoyed a high level of self-compassion and that there were no differences between the students’ responses about self-mercy according to the variable of the type of college and the variable of the age group. There are no differences between the responses of the sample members about compassion in particular in the variable of the type of college (scientific - humanitarian) and the age group. The recommendations of the research were to educate the students about the importance of self-compassion and its relationship in confirming a sense of psychological happiness, academic achievement, and psychological adjustment. Increasing the awareness of faculty members of the importance of compassion in particular and its impact on the level of academic ambition for female students

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Educational psychology

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