Psychological Development and Education ›› 2016, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (4): 478-485.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2016.04.12

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The Relationship between Courage and Subjective Well-being among Chinese College Students: A Moderated Mediation Model

CHENG Cuiping1,2, HUANG Xiting1   

  1. 1. Research Center for Psychology and Social Development of Southwest University, Chongqing 400715;
    2. Changqing University of Education, Chongqing 400065
  • Online:2016-07-15 Published:2016-07-15

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Abstract: The present study constructed a moderated mediation model based on the perfect personality theory to examine the relationship between courage and subjective well-being in college students. A total of 550 college students were selected by cluster sampling from universities of different types in Chongqing. All the participants at the age of 18～28 were asked to complete the questionnaires of courage, subjective well-being and socially-oriented self-worth. Multiple regression analysis showed that: (1) courage had a positive effect on college students' subjective well-being. (2) The positive association between courage and subjective well-being was mediated by socially-oriented self-worth. (3) The mediating effect was moderated by gender of college students. The indirect effect was stronger for females than males. These findings indicate that college students' courage has a function of predicting subjective well-being in Chinese culture and also contribute to our understanding of why and when the effect takes place.

Key words: courage, subjective well-being, socially-oriented self-worth, gender, college students

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  • B844

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