Zhang Yonghong, Chen Mengyan
School of Culture and Social Development Studies, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.
Front Psychol. 2018 Jun 29;9:1040. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01040. eCollection 2018.
The study was designed to explore the relationships among character strengths, strengths use, future self-continuity and subjective well-being. A total of 225 undergraduates completed paper-and-pencil questionnaires assessing character strengths, strengths use, future self-continuity, and subjective well-being. Results suggested several character strengths were correlated with subjective well-being and the strongest correlations were found for hope, curiosity, zest, perseverance and love. All character strengths were significantly correlated with strengths use. Strengths use and future self-continuity were robustly correlated with subjective well-being. The mediation analysis showed that strengths use mediates the relationship between character strengths and subjective well-being, and specifically, the indirect effects of strengths use varies from different character strengths. The moderated mediator suggested that future self-continuity moderated the mediation of strengths use because future self-continuity moderates the effect of strengths use on subjective well-being. Furthermore, the indirect effect of strengths use was stronger with high level of future self-continuity than those with low level of future self-continuity. The present findings make a contribution to understand the underlying mechanisms involving in character strengths are associated with higher level of well-being. Additionally, the findings expand knowledge about future self-continuity and its relation to strengths use and subjective well-being among undergraduates, having significant implications in the educational context.
本研究旨在探讨性格优势、优势运用、未来自我连续性与主观幸福感之间的关系。共有225名本科生完成了纸笔问卷调查，评估性格优势、优势运用、未来自我连续性和主观幸福感。结果表明，几种性格优势与主观幸福感相关，其中希望、好奇心、热情、毅力和爱与主观幸福感的相关性最强。所有性格优势均与优势运用显著相关。优势运用和未来自我连续性与主观幸福感密切相关。中介分析表明，优势运用在性格优势与主观幸福感之间起中介作用，具体而言，优势运用的间接效应因不同的性格优势而异。调节中介分析表明，未来自我连续性调节了优势运用的中介作用，因为未来自我连续性调节了优势运用对主观幸福感的影响。此外，未来自我连续性水平高时优势运用的间接效应比未来自我连续性水平低时更强。本研究结果有助于理解性格优势与更高水平幸福感相关的潜在机制。此外，这些发现扩展了关于未来自我连续性及其与大学生优势运用和主观幸福感关系的知识，在教育背景下具有重要意义。
