The Mediating Role of Positive and Negative Affects in the Relationship Between Self-Esteem and Happiness

Salavera, C. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Usan, P. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Teruel, P. (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: Background: 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.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.2147/PRBM.S240917

Año: 2020

Publicado en: PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH AND BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT 13 (2020), 355-361
ISSN: 1179-1578

Factor impacto JCR: 2.945 (2020)

Categ. JCR: PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY rank: 44 / 139 = 0.317 (2020) - Q2 - T1
Categ. JCR: PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL rank: 63 / 131 = 0.481 (2020) - Q2 - T2

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.703 - Psychology (miscellaneous) (Q2) - Psychiatry and Mental Health (Q2)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/FSE
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/S46-17R

Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)

Área (Departamento): Área Psicolog.Evolut.Educac (Dpto. Psicología y Sociología)