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The Mediating Role of Positive and Negative Affects in the Relationship Between Self-Esteem and Happiness.

ABSTRACT: Background:Affects, both positive and negative, can act as mediators between self-esteem and happiness. The present study is undertaken among 812 university students in order to examine the relationship between these variables. Methods:The sample included 812 university students - 361 men (44.46%) and 451 women (55.54%) - who participated voluntarily. The Positive and Negative Affect Scale, Subjective Happiness Scale and Self-Esteem Scale were the instruments used in this study. Results:The results revealed that men have greater self-esteem and positive affects, while women scored higher in terms of subjective happiness. The analysis revealed a significant correlation between the variables under analysis. Positive affects show a strong positive correlation between self-esteem and happiness, while negative affects show a negative correlation. Mediation analysis suggests that affects, both positive and negative, mediate the relationship between self-esteem and subjective happiness. The results of this study may present us with new perspectives concerning the role that affects play between self-esteem and happiness. Conclusion:The data present evidence of the mediating role-played by affects, both positive and negative, in the relationship between self-esteem and happiness. More research is needed to examine to what extent these results can be extrapolated, and how to design measures to improve psychological health and well-being.

SUBMITTER: Salavera C

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7196210 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The Mediating Role of Positive and Negative Affects in the Relationship Between Self-Esteem and Happiness.

Salavera Carlos C Usán Pablo P Teruel Pilar P

Psychology research and behavior management 20200428

<h4>Background</h4>Affects, both positive and negative, can act as mediators between self-esteem and happiness. The present study is undertaken among 812 university students in order to examine the relationship between these variables.<h4>Methods</h4>The sample included 812 university students - 361 men (44.46%) and 451 women (55.54%) - who participated voluntarily. The Positive and Negative Affect Scale, Subjective Happiness Scale and Self-Esteem Scale were the instruments used in this study.<h ...[more]

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Project description:BackgroundIn China, adolescents are frequently left behind by their parents. A great deal of scientific evidence demonstrates considerable psychological and social impacts that negative life events may have on adolescents who are left behind. While a direct relationship between negative life events and psychological and social effects has been observed, indirect effects have yet to be examined. Therefore, the objective of this study was to determine the association between negative life events and positive social adjustment and how resilience and self-esteem mediate this association.MethodsA cross-sectional study was carried out in the provinces of Shandong, Henan, and Sichuan in China. A questionnaire was distributed to 4716 left-behind adolescents in ten middle/high schools. We performed Bayesian estimations in structural equation modeling using the Markov Chain Monte Carlo algorithm to test our hypotheses.ResultsNegative life events were significantly related to resilience (rs?=?-?0.402), self-esteem (rs?=?-?0.292), and positive social adjustment (rs?=?-?0.239). Positive social adjustment was directly affected by resilience (??=?0.639) and self-esteem (??=?0.448). Negative life events were not only directly related to positive social adjustment (??=?-?0.187, 95% credible interval: -?0.233 ~ -?0.139), but also showed an indirect effect on positive social adjustment (??=?-?0.541, 95% credible interval: -?0.583 ~ -?0.501) through resilience (??=?-?0.370) and self-esteem (??=?-?0.171). The total effect of negative life events on positive social adjustment was -?0.728, where 74.31% was mediated by resilience and self-esteem. The indirect effect of negative life events on positive social adjustment through resilience and self-esteem was 2.893 times more than the direct effect.ConclusionsResilience and self-esteem mediated most of the effect of negative life events on positive social adjustment. Interventions should be developed to improve the social adjustment of adolescents who are left behind, particularly the enhancement of resilience and self-esteem.

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