Self-Compassion Of Bataknese Street Children

Abstract

This research aimed to describe the self-compassion of Bataknese street children. Subjects involved in this study were 220 bataknese street children, selected by using incidental nonprobability sampling method. Teenagers who involved in this study are bataknese street children aged 12-18 years old. The data was collected through questionnaires about self-compassion. The self-compassion scale was developed based on self-compassion theory by Kristin Neff, composed of three components: self-kindness vs. self-judgment, common humanity vs. isolation, and mindfulness vs. over-identification. The results showed that self-compassion of subject belonging to the low category is 1%, the moderate category is 37% and the high category is 62%. If we look at self-compassion categorization based on its component then on self-kindness vs. self-judgment can be seen that low category is 3, the medium is 63, high is 154. The medium category is 72.27%, and the high category is 5.31%. Whereas in the component of common humanity vs. isolation showed that it belongs to medium category in 10.6% and the high category is in 89.4%. The components of mindfulness vs. over-identification indicate that .... In other words, it can be concluded that the largest group is in high self-compassion category.