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.