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The Relationships of Sense of Coherence and Self-Compassion to Worry: the Mediating Role of Personal Intelligence

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Past research has associated sense of coherence and self-compassion to worry, yet it remains unclear how they contribute to worry. One possible route is through personal intelligence. In a convenience sample of 370 Iranian medical students, the relations of personal intelligence to the above-mentioned variables have been examined, to see whether it mediates the relationships of sense of coherence and self-compassion to worry. As expected, worry was negatively correlated with sense of coherence, self-compassion, and personal intelligence. Personal intelligence mediated the relation between self-compassion and worry, but failed to mediate the relationship between sense of coherence and worry. It has been concluded that self-compassion serves as a buffering factor against worry and negative thoughts, through personal intelligence. Gender and age have been suggested to moderate the path from sense of coherence to worry.

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    Mehri Mowlaie, Niloofar Mikaeili & Mozaffar Ghaffari

  2. Department of Clinical Psychology, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran

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    Asghar Pouresmali

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Mowlaie, M., Mikaeili, N., Aghababaei, N. et al. The Relationships of Sense of Coherence and Self-Compassion to Worry: the Mediating Role of Personal Intelligence. Curr Psychol 36, 630–636 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-016-9451-1

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