Psychological Development and Education ›› 2018, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (3): 257-263.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2018.03.01

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Parental Warmth and Adolescents' Gratitude: The Mediating Effect of Responsibility and the Belief in a Just World

ZHAO Gai1, KONG Fanchang1, LIU Zhaojun1, FENG Yameng1, HUANG Shengpu2, WANG Yadan1, ZHOU Zongkui1   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Adolescent cyberpsychology and behavior, Ministry of Education;School of Psychology, Central China Normal University, and Hubei Human Development and Mental Health Key Laboratory, Wuhan 430079;
    2. Nanning NO.2 High School, Nanning 530012
  • Online:2018-05-15 Published:2018-05-15

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Abstract: The present study used questionnaire method to investigate the influence of parental warmth on adolescents' gratitude as well as the mediating effect of responsibility and the belief in a just world among 748 high school students. Results showed that:(1) Parental warmth could significantly positively predict the adolescents' gratitude; (2) After controlling for the gender, age and grade, responsibility and belief in a just world partly mediated the relationship between parental warmth and adolescents' gratitude respectively. It indicated that responsibility and the belief in a just world were crucial mediators in the relationship between the parental warmth and adolescents' gratitude.

Key words: high school students, parental warmth, gratitude, responsibility, belief in a just world

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