Psychological Development and Education ›› 2023, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (4): 505-512.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2023.04.06

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The Relationship between Gratitude and Social Well-being in College Students: The Mediating Role of Phubbing and the Moderating Role of Negative Life Events

HE Anming, ZHANG Yurui, HUI Qiuping   

  1. School of Education Science, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang 464000
  • Published:2023-07-19

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Abstract: In order to explore the relationship and mechanism among gratitude, phubbing, negative life events and social well-being of college students, 1926 college students were tested by using Adolescent Gratitude Scale, Phubbing Scale, Adolescent Self-Rating Life Events Checklist as well as Social Well-being Scale. The results showed that: (1) Gratitude was a significant positive predictor of undergraduate' social well-being; (2) Phubbing mediated the relationship between gratitude and social well-being; (3) The first half of this mediating path “Gratitude→Phubbing→Social well-being” was moderated by negative life events; compared to the individuals with high negative life events, gratitud had stronger impact on the phubbing of individuals with low negative life events. The findings of this study indicate that phubbing plays an important role in the association between gratitude and social well-being. However, the negative life events in a high level can hinder the positive effects of gratitude. This study verifies the combined effect of individual and environment on phubbing, which has a realistic guiding significance for college students to use mobile phones reasonably and improve social well-being.

Key words: gratitude, phubbing, negative life events, social well-being, college students

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  • B844
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