The aim of this study was to prove the effect of self-compassion on subjective well-being of orphanage adolescents in Padang City. The research method used in this study was a quantitative method with simple linear regression analysis technique. Participants in this study were composed of 150 orphanage adolescents aged 13-18 in Padang City. The participants were collected through accidental sampling technique. The instruments used in this research were the adaptation of The Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS)  and The Scale of Positive and Negative Experience (SPANE) to measure subjective well-being, then Skala Welas Diri (SWD) to measure self-compassion. The result of this study showed that self-compassion has a significant effect on subjective well-being of orphanage adolescents in Padang City. It can be seen from the significance value which is .00 (p<.05). The R² value was .245, which means that self-compassion effects subjective well-being of orphanage adolescents in Padang City by 24.5%.

Keywords:  Subjective well-being, self-compassion, orphanage adolescents