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Table 3 Meta-Analyzed Unadjusted (Across 26 Samples, Total N = 6127), and Adjusted Effects (Across 13 Samples, Total N = 3272), Among Self-Compassion (SC), and Self-Rated Health (SRH), Adjusting for Positive and Negative Affect

From: The association between self-compassion and self-rated health in 26 samples

Sample

N

SC-SRH r

SC-PA r

SC-NA r

PA-SRH r

NA-SRH r

SC-SRH srPA

SC-SRH srNA

1

162

.333

.434

−.464

.391

−.345

.149

.162

2

131

.357

.613

−.522

.595

−.351

−.097

.161

3

117

.217

.129

−.223

.353

−.278

.168

.152

4

96

.203

–

–

–

–

–

–

5

637

.261

–

–

–

–

–

–

6

109

.526

–

–

–

–

–

–

7

104

.166

.498

−.620

.197

−.209

.066

.033

8

163

.050

.322

−.465

.260

−.369

−.037

−.135

9

155

.331

.543

−.643

.436

−.379

.068

.068

10

85

.200

–

–

–

–

–

–

11

165

.304

–

–

–

–

–

–

12

143

.248

.286

−.320

.188

−.237

.194

.170

13

236

.247

–

–

–

–

–

–

14

336

.278

–

–

–

–

–

–

15

189

.270

–

–

–

–

–

–

16

396

.258

.427

−.487

.281

−.182

.133

.168

17

289

.284

.319

−.396

.229

−.266

.209

.175

18

390

.260

.429

−.489

.281

−.181

.134

.170

19

102

.181

–

–

–

–

–

–

20

647

.254

.480

−.520

.304

−.340

.101

.066

21

341

.097

–

–

–

–

–

–

22

416

.235

.350

−.454

.300

−.353

.125

.064

23

159

.225

.399

−.516

.253

−.307

.121

.059

24

322

.137

–

–

–

–

–

–

25

90

.224

–

–

–

–

–

–

26

147

.319

–

–

–

–

–

–

Meta-analysis results

Effects 95% CI

.247 [.22, .28]

.409 [.35, .46]

−.478 [−.52, −.43]

.312 [.26, .36]

−.291 [−.33,-.25]

.113 [.07, .15]

.105 [.06, .15]

  1. Note: CI Confidence interval