the relationship between the personality traits and self-compassion with psychological well-being in iranian college students: a cross-cultural study

It has been well established that personality traits and self-compassion are associated with psychological well-being, thus, the current research aimed to investigate the underlying mechanisms in a collectivist culture. one hundred and fifty college students were chosen and filled out ryff’s psychological well-being scale, the neo personality inventory, and neff’s self-compassion scale. the results of correlation analysis showed that there were significant relationships between the personality traits (neuroticism, extraversion, agreeableness, and conscientiousness) and self-compassion (self-kindness, isolation, mindfulness, and the total score of self-compassion) with psychological well-being. the regression analysis showed that neuroticism, extraversion, and conscientiousness significantly predicted psychological well-being. the cultural implications and future orientations have been discussed.