Agreeableness as a Mediator on Correlation between Self-Compassion and Prosocial Behavior in Adolescents

摘要

The research on self-compassion and prosocial behavior showed a significant positive relationship. But there are also studies showed that there is no significant relationship between self-compassion and prosocial behavior. Agreeableness has a positive and significant relationship with self-compassion and prosocial. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between self-compassion and prosocial behavior mediated by agreeableness. This research is a quantitative research with 184 subjects from Batu 1 State Vocational School aged 15-18 years. The instruments used were Self Compassion Scale - Short Form (SCS-SF), Prosocial Behavior Scale, and Big Five Inventory. Analysis of the data used is mediated multiple regression in SPSS 21. The results of statistical analysis show the value of the relationship of self-compassion, agreeableness and prosocial β = .082; p = .258 and a significant indirect relationship coefficient β = .118; z = 3.39; p = .00. These results mean that there is an indirect relationship between self-compassion andprosocial, which is mediated by agreeablenes. It can be concluded that agreeableness can be a mediator in the relationship between self-compassion and prosocial.