Developing A Structural Model of Psychological Flexibility Based on Self-Compassion with the Mediating Role of Sleep Quality and Psychological Hardiness
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Objective: Sleep quality is defined as a cycle of invigorating sleep that fulfills the needs related to sleep and allows a person to perform daily tasks and functions correctly. The present study develops a structural model of psychological flexibility based on self-compassion with the mediation of sleep quality and psychological hardiness.
Methods and Materials: The method of this study was descriptive-correlational based on the structural equation model. The statistical population of this study included all the students living in the student dormitory of Isfahan University in the academic year 2022-23. Among them, 478 people were selected by a convenience sampling method. The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Questionnaire (Buysse et al., 1989) and the Psychological Hardiness Questionnaire (Kobasa et al., 1982) were used to gather the data. The data were analyzed statistically using the Pearson correlation coefficient, path analysis, structural equations, and AMOS 24 software.
Findings: The results revealed that the total path coefficient (sum of direct and indirect path coefficients) between self-compassion and psychological flexibility was positive and significant (p<0.01, β=0.53). The direct path coefficient between self-compassion and sleep quality was negative and significant (p<0.01, β=0.67). The direct path coefficient between self-compassion and psychological flexibility was insignificant (p<0.05, β=0.06). The path coefficient between sleep quality and psychological flexibility was insignificant (p<0.05, β=0.01). A positive and significant relationship was found between psychological hardiness and psychological flexibility (p<0.01, β=0.47).
Conclusion: It can be concluded that the two mediating variables of sleep quality and psychological hardiness significantly mediate the effect of self-compassion on psychological flexibility.
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