Good and evil in Chinese culture: Personality structure and connotation

Jiao, Liying; Yang, Ying; Xu, Yan; Shu-qing, Gao; Zhang, Heyun

doi:10.3724/sp.j.1041.2019.01128

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“…It has been found that moral personality in the Chinese cultural context was also divided into positive and negative. Positive moral character (good personality) refers to the nature of a person that determines whether they will be helpful to others; negative moral character (evil personality) refers to the nature of a person that determines whether they will be harmful to others [ 37 , 38 ]. It means each person may have a mixture of positive (good personality) and negative (evil personality) moral personality traits and the mutually independent structures of good and evil personality [ 37 , 38 ].…”

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“…Positive moral character (good personality) refers to the nature of a person that determines whether they will be helpful to others; negative moral character (evil personality) refers to the nature of a person that determines whether they will be harmful to others [ 37 , 38 ]. It means each person may have a mixture of positive (good personality) and negative (evil personality) moral personality traits and the mutually independent structures of good and evil personality [ 37 , 38 ]. Studies have found consistent and stable results for positive personality in promoting subjective well-being [ 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 ].…”

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“…The good personality has the core characteristics of structure, disposition, sociality, and morality [ 37 , 38 ]. Structure refers to the sense that the good personality has four dimensions: conscientiousness, altruism, amicability, and magnanimity [ 37 , 38 ]. Disposition refers to the fact that individuals of different good personality have a specific moral bias in expressing their words and actions [ 37 , 38 ].…”

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“…Structure refers to the sense that the good personality has four dimensions: conscientiousness, altruism, amicability, and magnanimity [ 37 , 38 ]. Disposition refers to the fact that individuals of different good personality have a specific moral bias in expressing their words and actions [ 37 , 38 ]. According to the dual processing system theory, people have two systems of deliberate processing and intuitive processing to respond.…”

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Good Personality and Subjective Well-Being: Presence of Meaning in Life and Perceived Social Support as Mediators

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Background: Good personality is a positive moral personality in the context of Chinese Confucianism. Based on a social-cognitive model of normative well-being, we propose that good personality positively predicts subjective well-being, mediated by the perceived social support and presence of meaning in life in the context of Chinese culture. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, there were 665 Chinese adults (134 males and 531 females) who participated in the Good Personality Questionnaire, Multi-Dimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, Presence of Meaning in Life Questionnaire, Positive and Negative Affect Scale, and Satisfaction with Life Scale. Results: Good personality was positively associated with subjective well-being (SWB). Both the presence of meaning in life and perceived social support independently mediated the link between good personality and subjective well-being (SWB), and in Chinese adults, perceived social support has a greater mediating effect than the presence of meaning in life. Conclusion: These findings illustrate that the presence of meaning in life and perceived social support mediate the relationship between good personality and subjective well-being in the context of Chinese culture, which supports the model of normative well-being and can provide more targeted intervention guidance for research on promoting well-being in the Chinese context.

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Inorganic–Organic Hybrid Dielectrics for Energy Conversion: Mechanism, Strategy, and Applications

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Dielectric materials with higher energy storage and electromagnetic (EM) energy conversion are in high demand to advance electronic devices, military stealth, and mitigate EM wave pollution. Existing dielectric materials for highenergy-storage electronics and dielectric loss electromagnetic wave absorbers are studied toward realizing these goals, each aligned with the current global grand challenges. Libraries of dielectric materials with desirable permittivity, dielectric loss, and/or dielectric breakdown strength potentially meeting the device requirements are reviewed here. Regardless, aimed at translating these into energy storage devices, the oft-encountered shortcomings can be caused by either of two confluences: a) low permittivity, high dielectric loss, and low breakdown strength; b) low permittivity, low dielectric loss, and process complexity. Contextualizing these aspects and the overarching objectives of enabling high-efficiency energy storage and EM energy conversion, recent advances in by-design inorganic-organic hybrid materials are reviewed here, with a focus on design approaches, preparation methods, and characterization techniques. In light of their strengths and weaknesses, potential strategies to foster their commercial adoption are critically interrogated.

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Good Personality and Subjective Well-Being During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Three-Wave Longitudinal Study in Chinese Contexts

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Numerous studies have emphasized the importance of examining psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is important to identify the factors that affect the influence of COVID-19 on people’s mental health. The present research was a three-wave longitudinal study ( N = 1495) examining the concurrent and prospective relations of good personality with subjective well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic. Results showed that good personality positively predicted the subsequent well-being after controlling for the respective autoregressive effects and Big Five personality traits. Specifically, individuals who scored higher on measures of good personality tended to maintain higher well-being in the face of COVID-19. However, subjective well-being could positively predict subsequent personality only at the first time point. In addition, the prospective effect of good personality on subjective well-being was greater than the reverse effect. These findings support the opinion that as a positive value orientation in personality, good personality has a significant positive impact on the response to the pandemic situation.

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Good and evil in Chinese culture: Personality structure and connotation

Cited by 14 publications

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Good Personality and Subjective Well-Being: Presence of Meaning in Life and Perceived Social Support as Mediators

Good Personality and Subjective Well-Being: Presence of Meaning in Life and Perceived Social Support as Mediators

Inorganic–Organic Hybrid Dielectrics for Energy Conversion: Mechanism, Strategy, and Applications

Good Personality and Subjective Well-Being During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Three-Wave Longitudinal Study in Chinese Contexts

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