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

Abstract

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.

Makna Hidup dan Subjective Well-Being Mahasiswa

“…dalam alat ukur ini terdiri dari 5 skala yang terentang dari 1-5 (very slighty or not at all sampai extremely) yang menunjukan frekeuensi kemunculan perasaan tersebut tidak pernah muncul sampai sangat sering muncul. PANAS scale merupakan skala yang telah banyak diuji validitas dan reliabilitasnya di berbagai tempat di dunia, seperti di Amerika Serikat, Italia (Terracciano, Antonio;McCrae, Robert;and Costa, 2003), dan China (Xu et al, 2022).…”

“…Artinya, saat mahasiswa menemukan makna dalam kehidupannya, menyadari bahwa tindakannya bermakna, maka mahasiswa memiliki suasana hati positif, seperti kebahagiaan dan sukacita. Penelitian ini selaras dengan penelitian sebelumnya (Krok & Gerymski, 2019;Xu et al, 2022;Musaddad et al, 2019;Li et al, 2021). Ketiga, dalam penelitian ini ditemukan bahwa presence meaning in life berkorelasi negatif dengan negative affect (r=-0,37 ** ).…”

“…Penelitian terdahulu menunjukkan bahwa presence of meaning in life berkorelasi positif dengan SWB (Xu et al, 2022;Doğan et al, 2012). Beberapa penelitian telah dilakukan untuk menelaah lebih lanjut asosiasi meaning in life dengan aspek-aspek SWB, didapatkan bahwa meaning in life berkorelasi positif dengan aspek-aspek dalam SWB yakni positive affect dan life satisfaction, dan berkorelasi negatif dengan negative affect (Krok & Gerymski, 2019).…”

“…Selain permasalahan pengolahan data pada konsep meaning in life, terdapat pula permasalahan yang serupa pada konsep SWB. Untuk konsep SWB terdapat penelitian yang mengukur SWB sebagai suatu keseluruhan (Xu et al, 2022) atau berdasarkan aspek-aspeknya, maupun keduanya (Musaddad et al, 2019). Pemahaman mengenai pengolahan data tersebut p-ISSN 2407-2532, e-ISSN 549-4325 penting untuk diketahui.…”

Interpersonal Sensitivity and Subjective Well-Being of Migrant Workers’ Accompanying Children: Role of Perception of Exclusion and Peer Support

“…A meta-analysis shows that these children are more prone to severe mental health problems compared to their native urban counterparts. 1 In addition, studies indicate that migrant workers’ accompanying children have significantly lower levels of self-concept than urban children of the same age, reflecting a profound sense of alienation and loneliness. 2 Furthermore, the subjective well-being of migrant workers’ accompanying children is worse than that of their urban peers.…”