Hope and life satisfaction among Chinese shadow education tutors: The mediating roles of positive coping and perceived social support

Abstract

Previous studies of the relationship between hope and life satisfaction left the underlying mechanism of how hope predicts life satisfaction unexplored to scholars. This study thus investigates the two potential mediators in the relationship between hope and life satisfaction among a sample of Chinese shadow education institution (SEI) tutors who may be under immense professional development pressure from a cross-sectional approach. The main body of the study consists of an online survey in which 221 SEI tutors reported their hope, positive coping, perceived social support, and life satisfaction. The survey results were analyzed using mediation and moderation analysis via SPSS 23.0. The results indicated that positive coping improved the relationship between hope and life satisfaction, supporting the hypothesis regarding the serial mediating effect of positive coping and perceived social support. In other words, tutors with a high level of hope tend to adopt positive coping strategies, thus will receive more social support and improve life satisfaction. Our findings revealed the independent and accumulative mediating effects of positive coping and perceived social support on the relationship between hope and life satisfaction, and had implications for the psychological intervention of SEI tutors who are currently facing enormous industry pressure.

Life satisfaction, Hope and Self Esteem among Working and Non-working Parous married women living in joint families

“…Hope can enhance the satisfaction of life. (Ji et al, 2022) Previous research has found that self-esteem is a measure of a person's mental health, mature personality, and adaptation. In addition, poor self-esteem is linked to low self-worth, low life satisfaction, loneliness, sadness, and anxiety.…”

Öz Yeterlilik ve Yaşam Doyumu Arasındaki İlişkide Sosyal Destek Algısı Aracı Rol Oynar mı?

“…Yapılan çalışmalar sosyal desteğin yaşam doyumu üzerinde olumlu etkileri olduğunu göstermektedir (Marsack ve Perry, 2018;Park, Roh ve Yeo, 2011;Tsuji ve Khan, 2016). Öz yeterliliğin yaşam doyumunu artırması (Ekinci ve Koç, 2023;Zammitti, Moreno-Morilla, Romero-Rodríguez, Magnano ve Marcionetti, 2023) ve sosyal destekle ilişkili olması (Hua ve Ma, 2022;Warshawski, 2022), ayrıca sosyal desteğin yaşam memnuniyetinin önemli bir yordayıcısı olması (Fisher, Sung, Kammes, Okyere ve Park, 2022;Ji, Zhou, Wu ve Zhang, 2022) nedeniyle öz yeterlilik ve yaşam memnuniyeti arasındaki ilişkide sosyal destek belirleyici bir rolü olduğu düşünülmektedir. Buradan hareketle, bu araştırmanın amaçladığı temel problem, öz yeterlilik ve yaşam doyumu arasındaki ilişkide sosyal desteğin tüm boyutlarının aracılık rolünü ortaya koymaktır.…”

Life Satisfaction, Hope and Self Esteem among Working and Non-Working Parous Married Women Living in Joint Families

“…(Zeynel, 2023) A study was conducted among Chinese education tutors, and findings revealed that positive coping enhanced the connection between life satisfaction and hope. (Ji et al, 2022) Two intellectual well-being indicators are hope and life satisfaction (Jiang et al, 2020). The relationship between hope and life happiness is inverse.…”

“…So, working women may feel more hopeful and financially secure. Hope can enhance the satisfaction of life (Ji et al, 2022…”