How Is Gratitude And Self-Compassion Related?

Individual differences set one apart from another; hence the varying levels of strengths and weaknesses. The way people manage and cope with stresses and pressures in life is one among the manifestations of these differences. This research aimed to find out the relationship of gratitude and selfcompassion of teachers of St. Paul University Philippines (SPUP), Tuguegarao City, Cagayan. One hundred thirty five teachers from the different departments were the participants of the study. They were selected through convenience sampling. They were grouped according to sex, age, school, and number of teaching units. Questionnaires were used as instruments for data gathering; frequency and percentage distribution, and chisquare test were employed for data analysis. The results of the study lead to the conclusions that selfcompassion is not influenced by sex, age, school and number of teaching units; the higher the gratitude, the more compassionate a person is, and the more grateful a person is, the more he/she is compassionate.