The Relationship of Compassion and Self-compassion with Personality and Emotional Intelligence

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Journal Pers Individ Dif

Date 2020 May 13

PMID 32394994

Citations 34

Authors

Annamaria Di Fabio

Donald H Saklofske

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Abstract

The two studies presented in this article examine the relationships of personality traits and trait emotional intelligence (EI) with compassion and self-compassion in samples of Italian workers. Study 1 explored the relationship between trait EI and both compassion and self-compassion, controlling for the effects of personality traits in 219 workers of private Italian organizations. Hierarchical regression analyses revealed that trait EI explained variance beyond that accounted for by personality traits in relation to both compassion and self-compassion. Study 2 analyzed the contribution of trait EI in mediating the relationship between personality traits and both compassion and self-compassion of 231 workers from public Italian organizations with results supporting the mediating role of trait EI.

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