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The Relationship Between Gratitude Disposition and Psychological Well-Being of University Students: The Mediation Effect of Self-esteem

  • Journal of The Health Care and Life Science
  • Abbr : JHCLS
  • 2020, 8(2), pp.173~180
  • DOI : 10.22961/JHCLS.2020.8.2.169
  • Publisher : The korean Society of Medical Informatics Education(KSMIE)
  • Research Area : Engineering > Biomedical Engineering > Basic Medicine > Medical Information
  • Received : November 30, 2020
  • Accepted : December 22, 2020
  • Published : December 31, 2020

JungMyung Choi 1 김선미 2

1혜전대학교 사회복지과
2혜전대학교 보건의료행정과

Candidate

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study is to verify whether the relationship between gratitude disposition and psychological well-being of college students shows a mediating effect of self-esteem The final 211 copies of the data were used in the analysis for the study, which was collected as students attending the university located in Group C. The data were statistically processed using SPSS 21.0 and the hierarchical regression analysis was performed to analyze the collected data. The results of the study are summarized as follows: Looking at the impact of the first-phase gratitude disposition on self-esteem, it was found that gratitude disposition was significant to self-esteem. Looking at the impact of the second-phase gratitude disposition on psychological well-being, gratitude disposition was significant to psychological well-being. Since the three-stage gratitude disposition was significant to psychological well-being, self-esteem can be seen to have partial medias. The results of this study confirmed that gratitude disposition was necessary as psychological resources to promote psychological well-being of university students, and self-esteem had a mediating effect. It is hoped that this research result will be used as a basis for the development of programs to improve gratitude disposition and self-esteem in order to promote the psychological well-being of college students.

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