The Correlation Between Self-Compassion and Resilience in Student Who are Victims of Toxic Relationship

Abstract

Students who are in the range of 18-24 years old are often involved in unhealthy dating or toxic relationships. Toxic relationships have a negative impact on students, physically and mentally. To handle the negative impact, students need to do resilience, which comes from internally, that is self-compassion. Thus, this study aims to know the positive connection between self-compassion and resilience in students who are victims of toxic relationships. The method used in the research is quantitative with a correlational design. A total of 207 female students who are victims and have broken up from toxic relationships participate in this study using incidental sampling. The measurement of this research used the Self-Compassion Scale (α=0.745) and the Connor Davidson Resilience Scale (α=0.752). The research data analysis method used correlation test product moments from Karl Pearson. The results demonstrated a significant positive connection between self-compassion and resilience in female student victims of toxic relationships (r=0.527 and sig.=0.000). This indicates that self-compassion is one of the factors associated with resilience in female students who are victims of toxic relationships. Through the implementation of this research, female students who are victims of toxic relationships are expected to have a good level of self-compassion as an effort to seek resilience from the negative impact of toxic relationships ever experienced.