Gratitude and Late Adolescents’ School Well-being: The Mediating Role of Materialism

Hongyan Jiang, Peizhen Sun (), Yeyi Liu and Mengjie Pan
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Hongyan Jiang: China University of Mining and Technology
Peizhen Sun: Jiangsu Normal University
Yeyi Liu: University of Leeds
Mengjie Pan: Jiangsu Normal University

Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2016, vol. 127, issue 3, No 23, 1363-1376

Abstract: Abstract Although existing studies on adolescent well-being have revealed a positive relationship between gratitude and global subjective well-being, little research investigates whether the findings could be applied to domain-specific of subjective well-being, such as school well-being, and why this linkage arises. The present study addresses this gap by examining the effect of gratitude on school well-being, and the mediation of materialism. Participants were 764 late adolescents who completed measures of gratitude, materialism, and school well-being. Results showed that gratitude had a positive effect on school well-being, which was partially mediated by materialism. Furthermore, a multi-group analysis suggested that the pathway from gratitude to school well-being was significantly different between genders. Practical implications and limitations of this study are discussed.

Keywords: Gratitude; Materialism; School well-being; School satisfaction; Affect (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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