The chain mediation effects of psychological resilience and active coping style between discrimination perceptions and subjective well being among college students with disability

Abstract

Exploring the relationship between discrimination perceptions and subjective well-being among college students with disabilities and the chain-mediated effects of psychological resilience and positive coping styles. Questionnaires were administered to 528 college students with disabilities using the Discrimination Perceptions Scale, Index of Well-Being Scale, Psychological Resilience Scale, and Simple Coping Styles Scale. SPSS 24.0 and Amos 26.0 were used to analyze chained mediation effects and construct structural equation modeling tests. ①Discrimination perception was significantly negatively correlated with subjective well-being ( r = -0.294, p < 0.01), psychological resilience( r = -0.427, p < 0.01) and all 3 of its dimensions, and positive coping styles ( r = -0.328, p <0.01); subjective well-being was significantly positively correlated with psychological resilience ( r = 0.334, p < 0.01) and all 3 of its dimensions, and positive coping styles ( r = 0.363, p <0.01); and positive coping styles was significantly positively correlated with psychological resilience( r = 0.433, p < 0.01) and all 3 of its dimensions.② The direct effect of discrimination perceptions on college students with disabilities was significant, and the mediating effect value was-0.191.③Psychological resilience and positive coping styles not only play a significant separate mediating role between discrimination perceptions and subjective well-being of college students with disabilities, with mediation effect values of -0.138 (49.11%) and − 0.087 (30.96%), respectively but also play a significant chain mediating role between discrimination perceptions and subjective well-being, with an effect value of -0.056 (19.93%). Discrimination perceptions can directly affect the subjective well-being of college students with disabilities, and can also indirectly affect the subjective well-being of college students with disabilities through the separate and chain-mediated effects of psychological resilience and positive coping styles.