Subjective Vitality Mediates the Relationship between Respect toward Partner and Subjective Happiness on Teachers

Abstract

Respect, subjective vitality, and subjective happiness can be associated with positive psychological functioning. In this study, subjective vitality was examined as a mediator on the relationship between respect toward partner and subjective happiness on a teachers' sample. The study is a quantitative cross-sectional mediation study. The data were collected from 172 married teachers by a questionnaire package that included the Respect toward Partner Scale, the Subjective Vitality Scale, and the Subjective Happiness Scale. Findings show that subjective happiness is predicted positively by respect toward partner and subjective vitality. Subjective vitality is predicted positively by respect toward partner. Also, the relationship between respect toward partner and subjective happiness is partially mediated by subjective vitality. Understanding the role of respect within close relationships could facilitate the development of interventions to enhance communication between partners about safety attitudes and decrease partner violence. Implications and limitations have been discussed within the scope of the relevant literature.

The Predictive Power of Psychological Needs and Self-efficacy for the Level of Marital Happiness

“…They also exert more effort in performing their different activities, in that such individuals are characterized by their high ability to organize and direct themselves towards their objectives. This finding agrees with (Erol et al, 2019), suggesting that self-efficacy predicts marital happiness.…”

“…Self-efficacy is also defined as a set of expectations that are based on the previous life experiences which, in turn, affect the levels of performance in the new situations (Uygur & Yanpar Yelken, 2020). (Erol et al, 2019) defined self-efficacy as the individual's ability to organize and manage his performance, control it in certain situations and achieve the desired objectives. Self-efficacy contributes to determining the individual's expected behavior and the amount of exerted power in facing challenges (Fitriani et al, 2020).…”

“…The results showed that promoting the relationship between teachers and students is related to the ability to satisfy the psychological needs. (Erol et al, 2019) study came to find out the relationship between self-efficacy and marital happiness among teachers, and the number of teachers participating in the study was (172) married. The three scales of marital happiness, self-efficacy, and partner were used.…”

Loneliness, college belongingness, subjective vitality, and psychological adjustment during coronavirus pandemic: Development of the College Belongingness

“…Previous research also indicated that subjective vitality was associated with a variety of psychological adjustment indicators: Subjective vitality significantly correlated with subjective well-being (Jackson & DiPlacido, 2020;Salama-Younes & Hashim, 2018), addictive behaviors (Niemiec et al, 2010), psychological distress (Rouse et al, 2015), flourishing (Salama-Younes, 2011), school burnout (Sarıcam, 2015), and subjective happiness (Uğur et al, 2019). For Turkish college students, Arslan et al 2020found that subjective vitality mitigated the negative effects of coronavirus anxiety on ruminative thoughts.…”

“…Subjective vitality is physical and mental energy that originates from selfdirection, support, autonomy, and intrinsic motivation; this energy represents a powerful resource that helps individuals regulate for purposive actions (Ryan & Deci, 2008;Ryan & Frederick, 1997). People who have high subjective vitality report being more active and productive, having better coping with challenges and having more robust psychological health and wellbeing (Kawabata et al, 2017;Ryan & Deci, 2008;Uğur et al, 2019). Within the self-determination perspective (self-determination theory; Deci & Ryan, 2000;Ryan & Deci, 2008), psychological energy is an essential resource for subjective vitality necessary to make activities, and a high level of vitality facilitates better psychological health and flourishing.…”