Alienation and Life Satisfaction: Mediation Effects of Social Identity and Hope among University Students

作者：Shu-Hsuan Chang, Der-Fa Chen, Jing-Tang Sie, Kai-Jie Chen, Zhe-Wei Liao, Tai-Lung Chen, Yao-Chung Cheng · 发表于：International Journal of Mental Health Promotion · 年份：2025 · DOI：10.32604/ijmhp.2025.068264 · 被引用次数：3

: Background: Interpersonal alienation has increasingly been recognized as a salient risk factor affecting university students’ psychological adjustment and life satisfaction. Guided by Social Identity and Self-Categorization theories, this study examines how alienation influences life satisfaction through the mediating roles of social identity and hope. Methods: This study surveyed 492 Taiwanese undergraduate students (53.7 percent female, mean age 21.08 years) from 60 universities using convenience sampling in May 2023. Data were collected through an online questionnaire distributed via faculty-managed teaching media platforms. Measures included perceived social identity, state hope, interpersonal alienation, and life satisfaction. All instruments were adapted from validated scales, translated into traditional Chinese through back-translation, and reviewed by experts to ensure content validity and cultural relevance. Statistical analyses were conducted using SPSS 20 and SmartPLS 4.0. Results: Harman’s single-factor test indicated no significant common method bias. Measurement model analyses demonstrated satisfactory reliability, convergent validity, and absence of multicollinearity. All four hypothesized paths were supported: interpersonal alienation negatively predicted life satisfaction, with perceived social identity and hope serving as individual and sequential mediators. The model explained 10.5% of the variance in social identity, 25.3% in hope, and 49.6% in life sati...