The Impact of Gratitude on Core Self-Evaluations of Rural Junior Middle School Students: A Chain Mediation Analysis

作者：Zhang Xiaozhou, Jie Luo, Ting Peng, Yun Hong, Xiaoyan Li · 发表于：Psychology · 年份：2020 · DOI：10.4236/psych.2020.118075 · 被引用次数：2 · 研究领域：Grit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation、Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction

Objective: To explore the mediating effects of self-esteem and academic self-efficacy on gratitude and core self-evaluations in rural junior middle school students. Methods: The Gratitude Scale, Self-esteem Scale, Academic Self-Efficacy Scale and Core Self-Evaluations Scale were used to conduct a questionnaire survey among 923 rural junior middle school students. The bias-corrected percentile Bootstrap method was conducted to test the chain mediating role of self-esteem and academic self-efficacy between rural junior middle school students’ gratitude and core self-evaluations. Results: Correlation analysis showed significantly positive correlations between gratitude, self-esteem, academic self-efficacy and core self-evaluations (r = 0.30 - 0.56, P Conclusion: Gratitude not only directly influences the core self-evaluations of rural junior middle school students, but also through the indirect path of self-esteem and academic self-efficacy, as well as the chain mediating path between these two variables.