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In this research, the aim is to study the relationship between bereavement degrees of adolescents who have lost their parents and their self-compassion. The research has been conducted with 250 adolescents in total, of which 143 are boys, and 107 are girls of 12th grade. The data about adolescent’s bereavement degrees have been obtained by using the Bereavement Scale; for determining the self-compassion degrees Self-Compassion Scale, and for data about characteristics Personal Information Form prepared by the researcher have been used. For the analysis, the Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient Technique has been used. According to research results, it has been found out that there are significant negative relationships between bereavement degrees of adolescents who have lost their parents and self-compassion. It has been understood that the bereavement degrees of girls are relatively higher than boys, yet self-compassion degrees of boys are relatively higher than girls, that the bereavement degrees of adolescents who have lost their mothers are higher than those who have lost their fathers and that there is no difference in their self-compassion degrees

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