Research Article
The Dynamic of Self-Compassion Reviewed from the Characteristics of a Disease
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.23-11-2019.2301590, author={Anifah Anifah and E S H Hutahaean}, title={The Dynamic of Self-Compassion Reviewed from the Characteristics of a Disease}, proceedings={Proceedings of the First International Conference of Science, Engineering and Technology, ICSET 2019, November 23 2019, Jakarta, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={ICSET}, year={2020}, month={11}, keywords={self compassion disease characteristics patient}, doi={10.4108/eai.23-11-2019.2301590} }- Anifah Anifah
E S H Hutahaean
Year: 2020
The Dynamic of Self-Compassion Reviewed from the Characteristics of a Disease
ICSET
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.23-11-2019.2301590
Abstract
The act of caring about oneself by treating it well unconditionally is known as self compassion. Many people take it for granted until they have to experience a suffering. This research aims to explore how the characteristics of a disease, of both the mild one and the severe one, can affect the level of someone’s self-compassion. Total number of research subjects is 101 people, who suffer from mild and severe diseases. The method used in this research is the quantitative study, the data is then analyzed descriptively to categorize the diseases. It is then followed by the comparation, correlation, and regression tests. The result of descriptive analysis shows that self-compassion level in subjects with severe diseases is higher. The correlation test results show that disease categorization is positively associated with self-compassion. This finding reveals that when the category of a subject’s disease level up, self-compassion will improve. The regression test show that disease categorization affects self-compassion, there’s indication that the characteristics of a subject’s disease can be highly significant to their level of self-compassion, especially with regard to their health. The worse the disease, the higher the level of self-compassion.