To explore the relationship between self-compassion and sense of gain among college students with hearing impairments, as well as the mediating role of perceived social support and positive coping, this study adopted the Self-Compassion Scale (SCS), Sense of Gain Scale (SGS), Perceived Social Support Scale (PSSS), and Simple Coping Style Questionnaire (Positive Coping Subscale, SCSQ-PC) to investigate 332 college students with hearing impairments from regular higher education institutions. Additionally, SPSS and PROCESS software were used to conduct common method bias tests, correlation analysis, and mediation effect tests. The results indicated that self-compassion, sense of gain, perceived social support, and positive coping were positively correlated with each other pairwise. Furthermore, perceived social support and positive coping played a chain mediating role between self-compassion and sense of gain. Based on these findings, suggestions were proposed from three aspects: society should accelerate the improvement of the social security system for persons with disabilities; education should enhance the quality of education to cultivate individuals with integrated cognition and affect; and families should fully fulfill their fundamental functions.

Boni Chen. Research on the Relationship between Self-Compassion and Sense of Gain among College Students with Hearing Impairments: The Mediating Role of Perceived Social Support and Positive Coping. Academic Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences (2025), Vol. 8, Issue 8: 134-139. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJHSS.2025.080820.

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