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• TITLE: The Impact of Gratitude on Core Self-Evaluations of Rural Junior Middle School Students: A Chain Mediation Analysis

  AUTHORS: Xiaozhou Zhang, Jie Luo, Ting Peng, Yun Hong, Xiaoyan Li

  KEYWORDS: Rural Junior Middle School Students, Gratitude, Self-Esteem, Core Self-Evaluations, Academic Self-Efficacy

  JOURNAL NAME: Psychology, Vol.11 No.8, August 19, 2020

  ABSTRACT: Objective: To explore the mediating effects of self-esteem and academic self-efficacy on gratitude and core self-evaluations in rural junior middle school students. Methods: The Gratitude Scale, Self-esteem Scale, Academic Self-Efficacy Scale and Core Self-Evaluations Scale were used to conduct a questionnaire survey among 923 rural junior middle school students. The bias-corrected percentile Bootstrap method was conducted to test the chain mediating role of self-esteem and academic self-efficacy between rural junior middle school students’ gratitude and core self-evaluations. Results: Correlation analysis showed significantly positive correlations between gratitude, self-esteem, academic self-efficacy and core self-evaluations (r = 0.30 - 0.56, P Conclusion: Gratitude not only directly influences the core self-evaluations of rural junior middle school students, but also through the indirect path of self-esteem and academic self-efficacy, as well as the chain mediating path between these two variables.