Psychological Development and Education ›› 2010, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (1): 67-72.

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Relationship between Gratitude and School Life Satisfaction of Junior Students:Coping Style as a Mediator

SUN Pei-zhen1, ZHENG Xue1, YU Zu-wei2   

  1. 1. Department of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631;
    2. Department of Management, Broadcasting & TV University of Guangzhou, Guangzhou 510091
  • Online:2010-01-15 Published:2010-01-15

Abstract: To explore the relationship between gratitude and school life satisfaction,and also the mediatingeffects of coping style,839 students from 7 junior middle schoo ls in Guangzhou were selected to fill in questionnaires of gratitude,cop ing style and school life satisfaction.The results indicated that:(1) there were significant differences between female and male junior students in gratitude,put another way,scores of girls were higher than that of boys in the aspects of general and human orientation gratitude;(2) Gratitude was positively associated with school life satisfactionand the relationship was partially mediated by coping style.

Key words: gratitude, coping style, school life satisfaction, junior high students

CLC Number: 

  • B844.2
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