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Self-Relations as a Components of Identity: Are Self-Compassion and Procrastination Related?
Vol. 24 (2023) No. 4, Psychology of Personality
Vol. 24 (2023) No. 4
Psychology of Personality

Self-Relations as a Components of Identity: Are Self-Compassion and Procrastination Related?

Kimberg A.N.
Kuban State University
ORCID ID 0009-0007-7832-0070
Sokol A.
Kuban State University
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https://doi.org/10.31429/26190567-24-4-103-116
https://doi.org/10.31429/26190567-24-4-103-116

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Kimberg A.N., Sokol A. (2023) Self-Relations as a Components of Identity: Are Self-Compassion and Procrastination Related?. South-Russian Journal of Social Sciences, 24 (4), pp. 103-116. DOI: 10.31429/26190567-24-4-103-116 (In Russian)
Submission Date 2023-10-20
Accepted Date 2023-12-10
Published Date 2023-12-29

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Abstract

The phenomenon of self-relationship is considered as a significant perspective for understanding human identity. Every relation to the world includes the characteristics of the subject of the relation. At a certain level of personality development these characteristics are reflexed as a relation (attitude) to oneself. Self-relationship is complexly connected with self-esteem. Its structure and content are dynamic, so we can speak of a set of self-relationships of a person. It is of particular interest to study the interaction of different self-relationships, especially if one can assume that they are similar. The purpose of the study was to test the hypothesis of a positive relationship between self-compassion (K. Neff) and the disposition to procrastination. The sample consisted of 129 university humanities students and 100 cadets of the military university. The average indices of both self-compassion and procrastination were obtained for the sample. The hypothesis of a positive relationship between the studied self-relationships was not confirmed: the index of disposition to procrastination is weakly negatively related to the overall index of self-compassion (r= –0.33). Self-compassion, at least, does not contribute to procrastination. At the same time, individual self-relationships (Neff questionnaire scales) form different patterns of interaction with disposition to procrastination for subgroups of the sample (gender and type of education).

Keywords

identity, self-relationship, self-compassion, procrastination

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