Difficulties in Regulation of Positive Emotions As a Mediator between Self-Compassion and Well-Being: The Difference between Compassionate and Uncompassionate Self-Responding

We examined how compassionate and uncompassionate self-responding relate to well-being. The participants were 287 (214 women) individuals between ages 16 and 62 . The results indicated that uncompassionate self-responding yielded significant negative associations with well-being but robust positive associations with the intensity of experiencing difficulties in regulation of positive emotions.