Współczucie i przebaczenie jako predyktory poczucia sensu życia u opiekunów osób starszych
Compassion and Forgiveness as Predictors of the Sense of Meaning in Life in Caregiver for the Elderly

Summary/Abstract: Caregivers of the elderly undertake many tasks to support everyday functioning and improve the quality of life of their care recipients. Their work should be based on positive attitudes and emotions in relationships, such as compassion, empathy, forgiveness. The aim of the article was to seek an answer to the question whether self-compassion, compassion for others and dispositional forgiveness predict the level of meaning in life among caregivers of the elderly. The study involved 199 caregivers from various care and medical facilities who received the Self-Compassion Scale, the Compassion for Others Scale, the Heartland Forgiveness Scale and the Meaning in Life Questionnaire to complete. A correlation-regression model was used to develop the results. The results allowed us to conclude that the subscales: kindness towards others and forgiveness of others significantly predict the search for meaning in life by caregivers, as well as a significant predictive role of the subscales: self-kindness and the general disposition to forgiveness for the presence of meaning in life among caregivers of the elderly. Therefore, the search for meaning in life is more strongly associated with factors directed towards other people, while the presence of meaning in life is more often achieved by caregivers when they are positively directed towards themselves.

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