Table 3.
Mediation analyses: materialism predicting well-being with self-compassion and fears of self-compassion as mediators.
| Bootstrap results for indirect effects (95% CI) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C′ path | A-path | β path | AB | Lower | Upper | |
| Hypothesis 3a. Self-compassion | ||||||
| MVS, SWLS, Self-com. | −.14 | −.13 | .30 | −.04 | −.075 | −.014 |
| Belk, SWLS, Self-com. | −.17 | −.25 | .28 | −.07 | −.238 | −.011 |
| MVS, Gen., Self-com. | −.14 | −.13 | .56 | −.08 | −.250 | −.318 |
| Belk, Gen., Self-com. | −.21 | −.25 | .53 | −.14 | −.326 | −.092 |
| MVS, Meaning, Self-com. | .014 ns | −.14 | .36 | −.05 | −.091 | −.016 |
| Belk, Meaning, Self-com. | .002 ns | −.25 | .36 | −.09 | −.144 | −.052 |
| Hypotheses 3b. Fears of compassion | ||||||
| MVS, SWLS, Fearselfcom. | −.13 | .24 | −.17 | −.04 | −.072 | −.018 |
| Belk, SWLS, Fearselfcom. | −.18 | .38 | −.16 | −.06 | −.094 | −.034 |
| MVS, SWLS, Fearcfrom. | −.13 | .18 | −.19 | −.04 | −.063 | −.013 |
| Belk, SWLS, Fearcfrom. | −.17 | .47 | −.16 | −.08 | −.11 | −.04 |
| MVS, SWLS, Fearcother | −.15 | .22 | −.10 | −.02 | −.045 | −.004 |
| Belk, SWLS, Fearcother | −.23 | .33 | −.05 ns | −.017 ns | −.04 | .013 |
| MVS, Gen. Fearselfcom. | −.14 | .24 | −.31 | −.08 | −.13 | −.03 |
| Belk, Gen. Fearselfcom. | −.23 | .38 | −.30 | −.11 | −.18 | −.06 |
| MVS, Gen. Fearcfrom. | −.16 | .18 | −.35 | −.06 | −.11 | −.03 |
| Belk, Gen. Fearcfrom. | −.20 | .47 | −.31 | −.15 | −.21 | −.08 |
| MVS, Gen. Fearcother | −.16 | .22 | −.26 | −.05 | −.10 | −.025 |
| Belk, Gen. Fearcother. | −.28 | .33 | −.20 | −.07 | −.13 | −.017 |
| MVS, Meaning, Fearselfcom. | .00 ns | .24 | −.16 | −.04 | −.07 | −.017 |
| Belk, Meaning, Fearselfcom | −.03 ns | .38 | −.16 | −.06 | −.11 | −.031 |
| MVS, Meaning, Fearcfrom. | −.00 ns | .18 | −.16 | −.03 | −.06 | −.009 |
| Belk, Meaning, Fearcfrom. | −.02 ns | .47 | −.16 | −.07 | −.13 | −.02 |
| MVS, Meaning, Fearcother | −.05 ns | .22 | .05 ns | .011 ns | −.014 | .04 |
| Belk, Meaning, Fearcother. | −.11 | .33 | .08 ns | .03 ns | −.011 | .01 |
| Hypothesis 3c. Quiet ego | ||||||
| MVS, SWLS, Quiet ego | −.11 | −.23 | .26 | −.06 | −.09 | −.04 |
| Belk, SWLS, Quiet ego | −.17 | −.34 | .21 | −.07 | −.11 | −.04 |
| MVS, Gen, Quiet ego | −.04 ns | −.23 | .77 | −.18 | −.25 | −.12 |
| Belk, Gen, Quiet ego | −.09 ns | −.34 | .74 | −.25 | −.34 | −.18 |
| MVS, Meaning, Quiet ego | .07 ns | −.23 | .45 | −.10 | −.16 | −.06 |
| Belk, Meaning, Quiet ego | −.07 ns | −.34 | .45 | −.16 | −.23 | −.10 |
Note: MVS = Material Values Scale, SWLS = Satisfaction with Life Scale, Self-com. = Self-Compassion Scale, Fearselfcom. = Fear of self-compassion, Fearcfrom. = Fear of compassion from another, Fearcother. = Fear of Expressing Compassion for others.