Psychological Development and Education ›› 2015, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (4): 467-474.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2015.04.11

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The Relationship between Gratitude and Subjective Well-being for Middle-school Students: The Mediation Role of Anti-frustration Ability and Social Support

LUO Li1, ZHOU Tianmei2   

  1. 1. School of Geography and Resource Science, Neijiang Normal University, Nei Jiang Sichuan 641100, China;
    2. Teacher Education College, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu Sichuan 610068, China
  • Online:2015-07-15 Published:2015-07-15

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Abstract: Adopting gratitude questionair (GQ-6), positive affection and negative affection scale (PANAS), satisfaction of life scale (SLS), anti-frustration ability scale and social support rate scale(SSRS), the study collected a sample of 865 middle school students to explore the relationship between gratitude and subjective well-being, and the mediation role of social support and anti-frustration ability to them.Results showed that: (1) Positive affection for middle school students was significantly higher than negative affection; (2) Significant correlations existed between middle school students' gratitude and subjective well-being, social support, and anti-frustration ability ; (3) Structure equation modeling analysis showed that middle school students' gratitude could directly and negatively predict negative affection, but not positive affection and life satisfaction; social support and anti-frustration ability completely mediated the relationship between gratitude and life satisfaction, positive affection, and anti-frustration ability partly mediated the relationship between gratitude and negative affection. Conclusion: gratitude influences middle school students' subjective well-being via social support and anti-frustration ability.

Key words: middle-school students, gratitude, subjective well-being, social support, anti-frustration ability

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  • B844
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