Friendship Maintenance Mediates the Relationship Between Compassion for Others and Happiness

Marlyn Sanchez; Andrew Haynes; Jennifer C. Parada; Melikşah Demir

doi:10.1007/s12144-017-9779-1

Friendship Maintenance Mediates the Relationship Between Compassion for Others and Happiness

Marlyn Sanchez, Andrew Haynes, Jennifer C. Parada, Melikşah Demir

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Abstract

Displaying compassion for others (CFO) and utilizing friendship maintenance (FM) behaviors are positively associated with happiness. Two studies investigated FM as a mediator of the relationship between CFO and happiness (Study 1: N = 273; Study 2: N = 368). FM mediated the CFO-Happiness relationship in both studies regardless of the way happiness was measured. Although women had higher scores on both CFO and FM, the model was supported for both genders. The implications of the findings are discussed and suggestions for future research are provided.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	581-592
Number of pages	12
Journal	Current Psychology
Volume	39
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-017-9779-1
State	Published - Apr 1 2020

Keywords

Bootstrapping
Compassion for others
Friendship maintenance
Gender differences
Happiness
Mediation

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