School of Psychology, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350117, China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Jul 4;20(13):6296. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20136296.
The positive role of dispositional awe has been seen in personality and in health. However, its impact on self-worth and internal mechanisms have been unclear.
This study explored the relationship between dispositional awe and self-worth and the roles of self-concept clarity and the small self in this association.
With a cluster sampling, a cross-sectional sample of 1888 Chinese undergraduates were recruited from Fuzhou, a southeast coastal city in the P.R.C. All the data were analyzed with Pearson's correlations and the structural equation model (SEM) based on SPSS 25.0 and Mplus 8.1.
Dispositional awe was positively correlated with both personal-oriented and social-oriented self-worth ( = 0.12, 0.27) and was also positively correlated with small self ( = 0.33) but negatively correlated with self-concept clarity ( = -0.18); in the full model, the direct effect of dispositional awe on society-oriented self-worth was 0.36 (75%); the indirect effects of small self and self-concept clarity were -0.09 (18.8%) and -0.01 (2.1%), respectively; and the chain indirect effect was -0.02 (4.2%). Similarly, the direct effect of dispositional awe on person-oriented self-worth was 0.50 (83.3%); the indirect effects of small self and self-concept clarity were -0.07 (11.7%) and -0.01 (1.7%), respectively; and the chain indirect effect was -0.02 (3.3%); all the indirect effects were suppressing effects, for they were contrary to the direct effects.
This study suggested that dispositional awe could help people better understand themselves and enhance their sense of self-worth.
性格特质中的敬畏心对个体和健康都具有积极作用。然而，其对自我价值感的影响及其内在机制仍不明确。
本研究旨在探讨敬畏心与自我价值感之间的关系，以及自我概念清晰度和小我的作用。
采用整群抽样法，选取中国东南部沿海城市福州的 1888 名大学生为研究对象，采用 SPSS 25.0 和 Mplus 8.1 对 Pearson 相关分析和结构方程模型（SEM）数据进行分析。
敬畏心与个人取向和社会取向的自我价值感呈正相关（r=0.12,0.27），与小我的相关系数为正（r=0.33），与自我概念清晰度呈负相关（r=-0.18）。在全模型中，敬畏心对社会取向自我价值感的直接效应为 0.36（75%），小我的间接效应和自我概念清晰度的间接效应分别为-0.09（18.8%）和-0.01（2.1%），链式间接效应为-0.02（4.2%）。同样，敬畏心对个人取向自我价值感的直接效应为 0.50（83.3%），小我的间接效应和自我概念清晰度的间接效应分别为-0.07（11.7%）和-0.01（1.7%），链式间接效应为-0.02（3.3%）。所有的间接效应均为抑制效应，与直接效应相反。
本研究表明，敬畏心可以帮助人们更好地了解自己，提升自我价值感。
