School of Psychology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China.
Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
Appl Psychol Health Well Being. 2023 Nov;15(4):1391-1405. doi: 10.1111/aphw.12443. Epub 2023 Mar 13.
Prior research has shown that emotion malleability beliefs are positively related to subjective well-being, but less is known about the longitudinal relationship between both variables. The present study used a two-wave longitudinal design to examine the temporal directionality of the relationship in a sample of Chinese adults. Using cross-lagged models, we found that emotion malleability beliefs predicted all three dimensions of subjective well-being (i.e. positive affect, life satisfaction, and negative affect) 2 months later. However, we did not detect any reverse or reciprocal effect between emotion malleability beliefs and subjective well-being. In addition, emotion malleability beliefs still predicted life satisfaction and positive affect after controlling for the effect of the cognitive or emotional component of subjective well-being. Our study provided primary evidence for the temporal directionality of the association between emotion malleability beliefs and subjective well-being. Implications and suggestions for future research were discussed.
先前的研究表明，情绪可塑信念与主观幸福感呈正相关，但关于这两个变量之间的纵向关系知之甚少。本研究采用两波纵向设计，在一个中国成年人样本中检验了两者关系的时间方向。使用交叉滞后模型，我们发现情绪可塑信念可以预测主观幸福感的所有三个维度（即积极情绪、生活满意度和消极情绪）2 个月后。然而，我们没有发现情绪可塑信念和主观幸福感之间存在任何反向或相互影响。此外，在控制主观幸福感的认知或情感成分的影响后，情绪可塑信念仍然可以预测生活满意度和积极情绪。我们的研究为情绪可塑信念和主观幸福感之间的关联的时间方向提供了初步证据。讨论了对未来研究的意义和建议。
