doi:10.2147/PRBM.S240917engSalavera, C.Usan, P.Teruel, P.The Mediating Role of Positive and Negative Affects in the Relationship Between Self-Esteem and HappinessART-2020-117626Background: Affects, both positive and negative, can act as mediators between self-esteem and happiness. The present study is undertaken among 812 university students in order to examine the relationship between these variables. Methods: The sample included 812 university students - 361 men (44.46%) and 451 women (55.54%) - who participated voluntarily. The Positive and Negative Affect Scale, Subjective Happiness Scale and Self-Esteem Scale were the instruments used in this study. Results: The results revealed that men have greater self-esteem and positive affects, while women scored higher in terms of subjective happiness. The analysis revealed a significant correlation between the variables under analysis. Positive affects show a strong positive correlation between self-esteem and happiness, while negative affects show a negative correlation. Mediation analysis suggests that affects, both positive and negative, mediate the relationship between self-esteem and subjective happiness. The results of this study may present us with new perspectives concerning the role that affects play between self-esteem and happiness. Conclusion: The data present evidence of the mediating role-played by affects, both positive and negative, in the relationship between self-esteem and happiness. More research is needed to examine to what extent these results can be extrapolated, and how to design measures to improve psychological health and well-being.2020http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/8959510.2147/PRBM.S240917http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/89595oai:zaguan.unizar.es:89595info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/FSEinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/S46-17RPSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH AND BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT 13 (2020), 355-361by-nchttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess