School of Psychology, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang, China.
Center for Big Data Research in Psychology, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang, China.
Front Public Health. 2022 Dec 20;10:1036071. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.1036071. eCollection 2022.
Much has been written documenting the positive association between core self-evaluation and adolescents' subjective wellbeing, but little is known about the mediating and moderating mechanisms which underlay this relationship. This study constructed a moderated mediation model to examine whether meaning in life mediated the relationship between core self-evaluation and subjective wellbeing, and whether this mediating process was moderated by adolescents' self-esteem.
A sample of 1,185 adolescents (11-17 years of age, 51.3% females) completed the Core Self-Evaluation Scale (CSES), the Meaning in Life Questionnaire (MLQ), the Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale (RSES), and the Index of Wellbeing Scale (IWS).
The results indicate that after controlling for gender and age, core self-evaluation contributed significantly to subjective wellbeing (β = 0.900, < 0.001). Meaning in life played a mediating role in the relationship between core self-evaluation and subjective wellbeing (β = 0.143, < 0.01), with core self-evaluation indirectly affecting subjective wellbeing through meaning in life (β = 0.068, 95% CI = [0.024, 0.119]). Self-esteem moderated the path mediated by meaning in life, more specifically, the conditional indirect effect between core self-evaluation and wellbeing was significant for adolescents with medium and low self-esteem (effect = 0.056, 95% CI = [0.014, 0.106]; effect = 0.092, 95% CI = [0.034, 0.159]. Both mediating and moderating effects were shown to exist in the association between core self-evaluation and adolescents' subjective wellbeing.
Based on the results, the following suggestions can be made: subjective wellbeing can be promoted through interventions such as enhancing adolescents' core self-evaluation and helping them understand the meaning in life, and that greater attention needs to be paid to adolescents with low self-esteem. The findings of this study helpful to clarify the mediation and moderating mechanism of the beneficial influence of adolescents' core self-evaluation on subjective wellbeing.
大量文献记录了核心自我评价与青少年主观幸福感之间的积极关系，但对于这种关系背后的中介和调节机制知之甚少。本研究构建了一个有调节的中介模型，以检验生活意义是否在核心自我评价和主观幸福感之间起中介作用，以及这一中介过程是否受到青少年自尊的调节。
11-17 岁的青少年（51.3%为女性）共 1185 人完成了核心自我评价量表（CSES）、生活意义问卷（MLQ）、罗森伯格自尊量表（RSES）和幸福感指数量表（IWS）。
结果表明，在控制了性别和年龄后，核心自我评价对主观幸福感有显著贡献（β=0.900，<0.001）。生活意义在核心自我评价与主观幸福感之间的关系中起中介作用（β=0.143，<0.01），核心自我评价通过生活意义间接影响主观幸福感（β=0.068，95%CI=[0.024，0.119]）。自尊调节了生活意义所介导的路径，更具体地说，核心自我评价与幸福感之间的条件间接效应在自尊中等和低等的青少年中是显著的（效应=0.056，95%CI=[0.014，0.106]；效应=0.092，95%CI=[0.034，0.159]）。核心自我评价与青少年主观幸福感之间的关系中存在中介和调节效应。
基于研究结果，我们可以提出以下建议：通过增强青少年的核心自我评价和帮助他们理解生活意义等干预措施，可以促进主观幸福感，并且需要更加关注低自尊的青少年。本研究的发现有助于阐明青少年核心自我评价对主观幸福感的有益影响的中介和调节机制。
