<![CDATA[The emergence of the sandwich generation in Indonesia reflects increasing pressures to simultaneously support aging parents and dependent family members, creating substantial psychological demands. Despite its growing relevance, limited research has examined the psychological resources that sustain well-being in this population, particularly within collectivistic cultural contexts. This study investigates the roles of gratitude and self-compassion as complementary predictors of psychological well-being among individuals in the sandwich generation in Surabaya. Using a cross-sectional design, data were collected from 683 participants through purposive sampling. Standardized measures of psychological well-being, gratitude, and self-compassion, adapted to the Indonesian context, were administered. Structural equation modeling was employed to examine the direct and relative contributions of the predictors. The results indicate that both gratitude and self-compassion are significant positive predictors of psychological well-being, jointly explaining approximately 45% of the variance, with gratitude emerging as the stronger predictor. At the dimensional level, psychological well-being was primarily reflected by personal growth and positive relationships, gratitude by frequency and intensity of appreciative experiences, and self-compassion by self-kindness and reduced over-identification. These findings underscore the complementary roles of gratitude and self-compassion as resilience-enhancing psychological resources and contribute to the cross-cultural literature by situating well-being within the sociocultural dynamics of the sandwich generation.]]>
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