Positive and Negative Affectivity as Mediator and Moderator of the Relationship between Optimism and Life Satisfaction in Turkish University Students

Kapıkıran, Necla Acun

doi:10.1007/s11205-011-9807-8

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“…It was found that there was a positive relationship between positive affective experiences and life satisfaction and a negative relationship between negative emotions and life satisfaction. This finding is consistent with previous studies (Diener et al, 2010;Kapikiran, 2012;Kong & Zhao, 2013;Libran & Piera, 2008;Silva & Caetano, 2013;Sumi, 2014;Telef, 2013a;. While a strong relation between positive emotions and life satisfaction is emphasized in some studies (Kuppens et al, 2008;Schimmack, 2008), the existence of a weak relation between negative emotions and life satisfaction is emphasized in other studies (Liu et al, 2012;Zhang, 2016).…”

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“…The literature emphasizes that positive and negative affect are mediating variables in the relations of some variables with life satisfaction. For example, ıt was observed that positive and negative emotions partially mediate the relationships of optimism (Chang et al, 2003;Kapikiran, 2012;Libran & Piera, 2008) and forgiveness (Zhu, 2015) with life satisfaction. Positive and negative emotions fully mediate the relationships of gratitude (Sun & Kong, 2013) and emotional intelligence (Kong & Zhao, 2013) with life satisfaction.…”

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Hope and life satisfaction in elementary school students: Mediation role of affective experiences

Telef

2020

2717-7564

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Life satisfaction is an important indicator of quality life of students. The aim of this study is to examine the mediation effect of positive and negative affect on the link between hope and life satisfaction in elementary school students. The sample consisted of 436 (204 female and 232 male) Turkish early adolescents recruited from among elementary school students in Turkey. Students were between 12 and 15 years (M = 13, SD = .84). Data were collected using the Children’s Hope Scale, Positive and Negative Experience Scale, and Satisfaction with Life Scale. The results indicated that hope positively predicted positive affect and satisfaction with life and negatively predicted negative affect. The structural equation model results showed that positive and negative affect partially mediated the relationship between hope and satisfaction with life. The study results showed that hope and positive emotions are an important factor for the life satisfaction of Turkish elementary school students. The practical implications and limitations of the present study are discussed.

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Hope and life satisfaction in elementary school students: Mediation role of affective experiences

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“…On each adjective, respondents assign a score on a Likert-type scale ranging from 1 (very slightly) to Nutrients 2020, 12, 3660 5 of 17 5 (extremely). This tool was previously used with a university student population [35]. The Italian validated version of the PANAS was used in this study [36].…”

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Dietary Habits and Psychological States during COVID-19 Home Isolation in Italian College Students: The Role of Physical Exercise

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Social isolation has adverse effects on mental health, physical exercise, and dietary habits. This longitudinal observational study aimed to investigate the effects of mood states and exercise on nutritional choices, on 176 college students (92 males, 84 females; 23 ± 4 years old) during the COVID-19 lockdown. During 21 days, nutrition and exercise were daily monitored, and the mood states assessed. A factor analysis was used to reduce the number of nutritional variables collected. The relationships between exercise, mood and nutrition were investigated using a multivariate general linear model and a mediation model. Seven factors were found, reflecting different nutritional choices. Exercise was positively associated with fruit, vegetables and fish consumption (p = 0.004). Depression and quality of life were, directly and inversely, associated with cereals, legumes (p = 0.005; p = 0.004) and low-fat meat intake (p = 0.040; p = 0.004). Exercise mediated the effect of mood states on fruit, vegetables and fish consumption, respectively, accounting for 4.2% and 1.8% of the total variance. Poorer mood states possibly led to unhealthy dietary habits, which can themselves be linked to negative mood levels. Exercise led to healthier nutritional choices, and mediating the effects of mood states, it might represent a key measure in uncommon situations, such as home-confinement.

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“…Previous studies have revealed that demographic variables, such as gender, age, and education (e.g., Checa, Perales, & Espejo, 2018), and personal variables, such as self-esteem, optimism, and resilience (e.g., Chen et al, 2017), could strongly predict individuals life satisfaction. Individuals with higher levels of life satisfaction reported higher levels of self-esteem (Chen et al, 2017) and optimisms (Kapikiran, 2012), obtained lower levels of anxiety (Brailovskaia, Schönfeld, Kochetkov, & Margraf, 2018) and distress (Wang, Huang, & Kong, 2017), and received more social support from family and friends (Kong et al, 2015). Among these factors that affect life satisfaction, social anxiety is one of the examined variables for life satisfaction (Lu, Zhen, Li, Hong, & Ling, 2019).…”

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Life satisfaction and social anxiety among left‐behind children in rural China: The mediating role of loneliness

Wang

Yao

2019

Journal Community Psychology

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This study examined the mediating effects of loneliness in the relationship between social anxiety and life satisfaction. Four hundred and forty two left‐behind children in rural China, who completed the Social Anxiety Subscale, UCLA Loneliness Scale, and Satisfaction with Life Scale, participated in the study. Results indicated that compared with both parent migration children, the scores of life satisfaction in the mother‐only and father‐only migration children were strongly higher, but did not differ across genders and ages. Additionally, social anxiety and loneliness negative predicted life satisfaction. More important, the mediation analysis revealed a partial mediating effect of loneliness in the links from social anxiety to life satisfaction. These findings call on more attention from the government and related sectors of society, and propose that loneliness improvement program may have a preventive function for promoting the life satisfaction among left‐behind children.

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Positive and Negative Affectivity as Mediator and Moderator of the Relationship between Optimism and Life Satisfaction in Turkish University Students

Cited by 47 publications

References 52 publications

Hope and life satisfaction in elementary school students: Mediation role of affective experiences

Hope and life satisfaction in elementary school students: Mediation role of affective experiences

Dietary Habits and Psychological States during COVID-19 Home Isolation in Italian College Students: The Role of Physical Exercise

Life satisfaction and social anxiety among left‐behind children in rural China: The mediating role of loneliness

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