ABSTRACT
Background: self-compassion is the ability to respond to one's failures, shortcomings, and difficulties with kindness and openness rather than criticism. It is treating oneself in a kind way and having positive attitudes towards hardships. Rumination plays a vital role in depression, while self-compassion suppress the role of rumination and alleviates the depression
Objectives: to investigate the mediating role of self-compassion in the relationship between rumination and depression among geriatrics living in old homes
Study design, settings and duration: it was a cross-sectional research under correlational framework, conducted in old homes of Rawalpindi. Data was collected from April 2017 to July 20174$Subjects and Methods: sixty one [61] geriatrics, 41 males and 20 females participated in this research. Self-compassion Scale and Rumination Response Scale were utilized to collect the data. Data was analyzed by SPSS 21.0
Results: there was a significant negative correlation between self-compassion, rumination and depression. Moreover, t-test analyses supported that women were higher on depression and rumination while male were high on self-compassion. Mediational analyses had shown that self-compassion lower the depression level successively
Conclusion: Self-compassion mediated the relationship between rumination and depression. It buffers the effect of rumination and ultimately reduces the depression. Inculcation of positive thoughts and compassion successively helps in lowering negative thoughts and depression
Policy message: self-compassion enhancement techniques and mindfulness based training can be effectively utilized which can help geriatrics to reduce depression and lessen recurrent ruminating tendency in them