The Reciprocal Associations Between Academic Contingent Self-Worth and Life Satisfaction Among Chinese College Students

Yonghe Ti () and Jun Wei ()
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Yonghe Ti: Tsinghua University
Jun Wei: Tsinghua University

Applied Research in Quality of Life, 2023, vol. 18, issue 2, No 9, 795-810

Abstract: Abstract This study examined the reciprocal associations between academic contingent self-worth and life satisfaction at the between- and within-person level among college students. 1183 freshmen from eight Chinese universities (736 females, Mage = 18.61 at Wave 1) reported on their academic contingent self-worth and life satisfaction three times over a year, and the data were analyzed using both cross-lagged panel model and random intercept cross-lagged model. Findings of both approaches consistently revealed negative bidirectional cross-lagged associations between academic contingent self-worth and life satisfaction both at the between- and within-person level. Academic contingent self-worth predicted decreased life satisfaction from Wave 2 to Wave 3, but not from Wave 1 to Wave 2, whereas life satisfaction predicted decreased academic contingent self-worth across three waves. The findings suggested that college students’ tendency to base their self-worth on academic performance may gradually impair their life satisfaction, and promoting life satisfaction may in turn help to alleviate academic contingent self-worth among college students.

Keywords: Academic contingent self-worth; Life satisfaction; CLPM; RI-CLPM; College students (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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