Relationship between College Students' "Savoring", Personal Growth Initiative and Subjective Well-being: A Different Perspective of "Anticipating"
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https://doi.org/10.53469/jcmp.2024.06(12).05Keywords:
Personal growth initiative, Anticipating, Subjective well-being, Mediation modelAbstract
Background: The issue of psychological crisis among college students is becoming increasingly prominent. "Savoring" can effectively increase the level of subjective well-being of college students and is an important protective factor against psychological crisis. However, its mechanism of action is still unclear and requires further exploration. Objective: To explore the mediating role of personal growth initiative in the relationship between "Savoring" and subjective well-being, and to provide reference for improving the mechanism of "Savoring" enhancing subjective well-being. Methods: The Savoring Brief Inventory (SBI), The Chinese Version of Personal Growth Initiative Scale-Ⅱ (C-PGIS- Ⅱ) and General Subjective Well-being Scale (GWB) were used to investigate 200 college students in China, and the mediating effect model was constructed and tested to explore the role of personal growth initiative in the process of "Savoring" in improving college students' subjective well-being. Results: There was significant correlation between personal growth initiative and its four dimensions, "Savoring (anticipating)" and subjective well-being (P < 0.01); The level of "Savoring (anticipating)" had significant positive effects on subjective well-being and personal growth initiative (β=0.167, p < 0.05; β=0.537, p < 0.001), and at the same time, personal growth initiative has a significant positive effect on subjective well-being, with a standardized coefficient of 0.316 (p < 0.001). Conclusion: In the perspective of "Anticipating", Personal growth initiative plays a partial mediating role between the level of "Savoring" and subjective well-being of college students, in which the direct effect is 0.167, and the indirect effect size is 0.17, with the latter accounting for 50.4% of the total effect size.
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