The purpose of my master's thesis was to examine the relationship between self-compassion, shame and social anxiety in emerging adulthood (18-25 years old) and the validity of the mediation model, where self-compassion acts as a mediator between shame and social anxiety. I was also interested in whether there were any differences between the mentioned variables according to the gender, age and education of the participants. In my master's research participated 213 young participants, who filled out three different questionnaires in the online version of the survey (Test of Self-Conscious Affect TOSCA-3, Social Anxiety Scale LSAS and Self-Compassion Scale SCS) and also answered some additional demographic questions. The results showed that self-compassion was negatively associated with both shame and social anxiety, and that shame and social anxiety were positively associated with each other. It has also been shown that self-compassion can act as a partial mediator between shame and social anxiety. It has also been shown that women experience higher shame and social anxiety compared to men, shame and social anxiety decrease with age, while self-compassion increases, more educated young people have fewer signs of social anxiety and shame and experience higher self-compassion compared to less educated young people. The results are important especially from the point of view of better understanding the relationship between self-compassion, shame and social anxiety and the possible use of self-compassion techniques as a form of help for socially anxious people who would otherwise need additional help.
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