Scarpa Michael P, Di Martino Salvatore, Prilleltensky Isaac
School of Education and Human Development, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, United States.
School of Social Sciences, University of Bradford, Bradford, United Kingdom.
Front Psychol. 2021 Nov 3;12:744201. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.744201. eCollection 2021.
Research has suggested a fundamental connection between fairness and well-being at the individual, relational, and societal levels. Mattering is a multidimensional construct consisting of feeling valued by, and adding value to, self and others. Prior studies have attempted to connect mattering to both fairness and a variety of well-being outcomes. Based on these findings, we hypothesize that mattering acts as a mediator between fairness and well-being. This hypothesis was tested through Covariance-Based Structural Equation Modeling (CB-SEM) using multidimensional measures of fairness, mattering, and well-being. Results from a Latent Path Analysis conducted on a representative sample of 1,051U.S. adults provide support to our hypothesis by revealing a strong direct predictive effect of mattering onto well-being and a strong indirect effect of fairness onto well-being through mattering. Results also show that mattering is likely to fully mediate the relationship between fairness and multiple domains of well-being, except in one case, namely, economic well-being. These findings illustrate the value of a focus on mattering to understand the relationship between fairness and well-being and to provide future directions for theory, research, and practice. Theoretical implications for the experience of citizenship and participation, along with cross-cultural considerations, are also discussed.
研究表明，在个人、人际关系和社会层面上，公平与幸福之间存在着一种基本联系。重要感是一个多维概念，包括被自己和他人重视以及为自己和他人增添价值。先前的研究试图将重要感与公平以及各种幸福结果联系起来。基于这些发现，我们假设重要感在公平与幸福之间起中介作用。我们使用公平、重要感和幸福的多维测量方法，通过基于协方差的结构方程模型（CB-SEM）对这一假设进行了检验。对1051名美国成年人的代表性样本进行的潜在路径分析结果支持了我们的假设，该分析揭示了重要感对幸福有很强的直接预测作用，以及公平通过重要感对幸福有很强的间接作用。结果还表明，重要感可能会完全中介公平与幸福的多个领域之间的关系，但经济幸福这一情况除外。这些发现说明了关注重要感对于理解公平与幸福之间的关系以及为理论、研究和实践提供未来方向的价值。我们还讨论了公民身份和参与体验的理论意义以及跨文化因素。
