Verification of the Mediating Effect of Self-esteem and Objectified Body Consciousness on the Influence of College Students' Leisure Sports Participation on Life Satisfaction

The main goal of this investigation is to examine the psychometric characteristics of the Satisfaction with Love Life Scale (SWLLS) among Palestinian college students. This scale assesses a person’s global evaluation of love satisfaction. The factorial structure, the reliability, and validity of this measure were examined. The sample included 201 college students aged 18-26 years. Confirmatory factor analysis of the SWLLS confirmed a single underlying dimension among Palestinian college students. The SWLLS evidenced satisfactory psychometric properties, with good internal consistency. Furthermore, corroboration of validity was also evidenced by means of the relationships between SWLLS score, and love status, love styles and well-being constructs. As expected, students “in love now” declared more satisfaction with love life than those “not in love now”. Erotic, pragmatic, and agapic orientations correlated significantly with the SWLLS scores. There were also significant positive correlations between the scores of the SWLLS and life satisfaction, and self-esteem. Significant negative correlations were observed between the scores of the SWLLS and loneliness. The results showed that satisfaction with love life contributes significantly and in an unique way to loneliness and self-esteem, even after controlling for participants’ sex and age. The findings of the current study suggest that the Arabic version of the SWLLS makes up a brief psychometrically sound instrument to assess love life satisfaction.

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The functional role of resignation orientation on goal engagement, self-esteem, life satisfaction, and depression

Health Psychology Research ◽

10.4081/hpr.2014.1882 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 2 (3) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Kenichi Asano ◽

Ikuo Ishimura ◽

Masahiro Kodama

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Life Satisfaction ◽

North America ◽

Functional Role ◽

Goal Attainment ◽

Well Being ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Goal Disengagement ◽

Mental Well Being

Several studies in Europe and North America have highlighted the importance of resignation or giving up. Research has shown that resignation is as important as goal attainment. Hence, this study examines, using path analysis, the effect of resignation orientation on goal disengagement and reengagement. Furthermore, this study attempts to clarify the implication of resignation orientation for elements of mental well-being. Questionnaires were completed by 261 Japanese college students. Results showed that proactive resignation orientation promotes reestablishment of alternative goals while negative resignation orientation encourages disengagement of the unattainable goals. The findings help explain the functional role of resignation orientation and can inform the development of treatment for resignation-related depression.

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Subjective Family Socioeconomic Status and Life Satisfaction in Chinese Adolescents: The Mediating Role of Self-Esteem and Social Support

Youth & Society ◽

10.1177/0044118x20941344 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 0044118X2094134 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Wenjing Yan ◽

Kairong Yang ◽

Qiuling Wang ◽

Xuqun You ◽

Feng Kong

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

Socioeconomic Status ◽

Life Satisfaction ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Chinese Adolescents ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Future Research ◽

Family Socioeconomic Status ◽

Mediation Analyses ◽

Significant Difference

This study aimed at examining the relationships among subjective family socioeconomic status (FSES), self-esteem (SE), social support (SS), and life satisfaction (LS) in two independent samples of Chinese adolescents. In Study 1, 510 adolescents were asked to complete a multi-section questionnaire. The mediation analyses indicated that subjective FSES predicted LS through three pathways. First, subjective FSES predicted LS through the mediating effect of SE. Second, subjective FSES predicted LS through the mediating effect of SS. Third, subjective FSES predicted LS through the serial mediating effect of SS and SE. Besides, the contrast tests revealed that the mediating effect of SE had no significant difference with that of SS. To test whether the above results are stable and replicable, we further conducted a validation study in Sample 2 ( N = 405) and found all the results remained significant. Implications for future research and limitations are discussed.

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Influence of WeChat Use on the College Students Campus Life Satisfaction-A Perspective on Bridging Social Capital

Studies in Media and Communication ◽

10.11114/smc.v7i1.4295 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 30 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ranni Zhang ◽

Yuxin Zheng ◽

Ze Chen ◽

Bin Li ◽

Songping Yang

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Social Capital ◽

Life Satisfaction ◽

Media Use ◽

Mainland China ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Campus Life ◽

Bridging Social Capital ◽

The Relationship ◽

Students Satisfaction

The theories of social capital and Rosenberg's self-esteem scale were used to measure the campus life satisfaction of college students, this paper made an empirical analysis on the WeChat media use of 1000 college students from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and mainland China (M=18.81 years old, SD=0.96) of a University in Guangdong province, and discussed the relationship among college students' social media use intensity, campus life satisfaction and social capital. The study found that there was a significant positive correlation between WeChat use intensity of college students and social capital, that the intensity of WeChat use had a direct effect on college students' satisfaction with campus life, and that self-esteem had a moderating effect between WeChat use intensity and social capital.

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PENGARUH SEKSISME DAN HARGA DIRI TERHADAP SELF OBJECTIFICATION PADA MAHASISWI

Proyeksi ◽

10.30659/jp.14.1.1-11 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

pp. 1

Author(s):

Wachidatul Zulfiyah ◽

Fathul Lubabin Nuqul

Keyword(s):

Self Esteem ◽

Ambivalent Sexism ◽

Benevolent Sexism ◽

Hostile Sexism ◽

Body Consciousness ◽

Objectified Body Consciousness ◽

Self Objectification

Penampilan fisik merupakan hal yang penting bagi perempuan, karena perempuan akan merasa sukses sebagai perempuan yang ideal apabila ia dapat menampilkan tubuh yang cantik. Adanya self objectification memungkinkan terjadinya pementingan terhadap aspek fisik yang tampak dibandingkan aspek kompetensi fisik yang tidak tampak dalam menentukan kualitas tubuh seseorang.� Penyematan kata cantik bisa menjadi suatu hal yang merendahkan perempuan karena tidak menghargai perempuan dalam kapasitas yang sebenarnya, melainkan hanya menghargai kecantikan yang dimilikinya bukan karena prestasi, pekerjaan, ataupun pemikirannya. Hal ini dapat menimbulkan diskriminasi terhadap perempuan dikarenakan perbedaan gender (sexism). Terjadinya self objectification disebabkan oleh rendahnya kepuasan terhadap kondisi fisik serta kurang memiliki perasaan berharga (self esteem) akan penampilan fisik yang dimilikinya. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk membuktikan bahwa sexism dan self esteem mempengaruhi self objectification. Subjek dalam penelitian ini ialah mahasiswi Universitas Islam Negeri Sunan Ampel Surabaya sebanyak 299 orang. Pengukuran yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini ialah skala The Objectified Body Consciousness Scale untuk mengukur self objectification, The Ambivalent Sexism Inventory untuk mengukur sexism, dan Multidimensional Self Esteem Inventory untuk mengukur self esteem. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan sexism baik hostile sexism maupun benevolent sexism memiliki pengaruh positif yang signifikan terhadap terjadinya self objectification. Sedangkan self esteem tidak memiliki pengaruh positif yang signifikan terhadap self objectification

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