SELF-COMPASSION AND STRESS AMONG YOUTH DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC

The aim of the study was to find out the relationship between self-compassion and stress during Covid-19 Pandemic on Indian youth population. The sample collected was snowball in nature and consisted of total 100 individuals (57% female and 43% male), aged between 18-30. For the measurement of Self-compassion and stress the tools used were Self-compassion Questionnaire (Patil K, 2020) and the Perceived Stress Scale (Cohen, Kamarck and Mermelstein, 1983), respectively. It was hypothesized that there will be a negative correlation between Self-compassion and Stress. The value of mean and standard deviation for Self-compassion was 141.39 and 18.85 respectively. The value of mean and standard deviation for Stress was 19.92 and 6.58 respectively. The Pearson Correlation Coefficient was found out to be r = -.339 > 0.01 level, which indicates that there was a negative correlation between Self-compassion and Stress.