Moral Identity and Subjective Well-Being: The Mediating Role of Identity Commitment Quality

Peng Cui, Yanhui Mao, Yufan Shen and Jianhong Ma
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Peng Cui: Department of Psychology and Behavior Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
Yanhui Mao: Department of Psychology and Behavior Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
Yufan Shen: School of Educational Science, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou 466001, China
Jianhong Ma: Department of Psychology and Behavior Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 18, 1-14

Abstract: Moral identity is associated with people’s subjective well-being; however, little is known about how an individual with moral identity relates to one’s subjective well-being. Based on the eudaimonic identity theory, the current study proposed that identity commitment quality is a critical mechanism that links moral identity (two dimensions: internalization and symbolization) and subjective well-being. We examined our hypotheses in 419 college students, who completed the Self-importance of Moral Identity Questionnaire, Satisfaction with Life Scale, Scale of Positive and Negative Experience, and Questionnaire for Eudaimonic Well-being. Results confirmed significant positive correlations among moral identity, identity commitment quality, and subjective well-being; findings also suggested that both the internalization and symbolization dimensions of moral identity predicted subjective well-being through identity commitment quality, and identity commitment quality fully mediated the pathway relationship between moral identity and subjective well-being. We discussed these findings with respect to implications and proposed research suggestions for future studies.

Keywords: moral identity; subjective well-being; identity commitment quality; internalization; symbolization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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