Department of Psychology, Faculty of Science and Letters, Agri Ibrahim Cecen University, Fırat Mahallesi Yeni Üniversite Caddesi No: 2 AE/1, Ağrı, Merkez, 04100, Turkey.
Department of Social and Educational Sciences, Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon.
BMC Psychol. 2024 Oct 25;12(1):591. doi: 10.1186/s40359-024-02000-4.
The concept of love of life, which refers to a positive attitude towards one's own life, care for it and attachment to it, has recently captured the attention of researchers in the field of positive psychology. Despite its growing importance, there is a lack of research investigating the underlying mechanisms through which love of life impacts the flourishing and well-being of individuals. For the first time, the present study examined the mediating roles of optimism and hope in the association between love of life and flourishing in Turkish youth. The study comprised 374 young adults, aged between 18 and 24 years (55.3% female; Mean age = 20.94; SD = 1.78 years), who participated in an online survey assessing their levels of love of life, optimism, hope, and flourishing. Results from the mediation analysis revealed that love of life significantly predicted optimism, hope, and flourishing. Furthermore, optimism and hope had significant predictive effects on flourishing. Importantly, optimism and hope played a partial mediating role in explaining the positive influence of the love of life on individuals' flourishing. The findings suggest a positive association between love of life and heightened levels of optimism and hope. These psychological attributes, in turn, emerge as crucial factors contributing to increased flourishing. These results hold significant implications for the development of interventions focused on understanding how to foster the love of life and flourish through the cultivation of psychological strengths.
生命热爱的概念，指的是对自己的生命持有积极的态度，关心并依恋它，最近引起了积极心理学领域研究人员的关注。尽管它越来越重要，但对于生命热爱如何影响个体的繁荣和幸福感的潜在机制，研究还很缺乏。本研究首次考察了乐观和希望在生命热爱与土耳其青年繁荣之间的关系中的中介作用。该研究包括 374 名年龄在 18 至 24 岁之间的年轻人（55.3%为女性；平均年龄=20.94；SD=1.78 岁），他们参加了一项在线调查，评估他们的生命热爱、乐观、希望和繁荣水平。中介分析的结果表明，生命热爱显著预测了乐观、希望和繁荣。此外，乐观和希望对繁荣有显著的预测作用。重要的是，乐观和希望在解释生命热爱对个体繁荣的积极影响方面发挥了部分中介作用。研究结果表明，生命热爱与较高水平的乐观和希望之间存在积极的关联。这些心理特质反过来又成为促进繁荣的关键因素。这些结果对发展以理解如何通过培养心理力量来培养生命热爱和繁荣为重点的干预措施具有重要意义。
