How Belief in a Just World Benefits Mental Health: The Effects of Optimism and Gratitude

被引：41

作者：

Jiang, Feng ^{[1
]}

Yue, Xiaodong ^{[2
]}

Lu, Su ^{[3
]}

Yu, Guangtao ^{[1
]}

Zhu, Fei ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Cent Univ Finance & Econ, Beijing, Peoples R China

[2] City Univ Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China

[3] Univ Int Business & Econ, Beijing, Peoples R China

来源：

SOCIAL INDICATORS RESEARCH | 2016年 / 126卷 / 01期

基金：

中国国家自然科学基金;

关键词：

Belief in a just world; Gratitude; Optimism; Subjective well-being; Depression; COUNTING BLESSINGS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SELF-ESTEEM; PERSONALITY; LIFE; AFFECTIVITY; ADOLESCENTS; PERSPECTIVE; VALIDATION; DEPRESSION;

D O I：

10.1007/s11205-015-0877-x

中图分类号：

C [社会科学总论];

学科分类号：

03 ; 0303 ;

摘要：

Past research suggests that individuals' belief in a just world (BJW) is closely connected with their mental health. To clarify the underlying mechanism, the current study proposes that BJW encourages optimism and gratitude which then mediates the relationship between BJW and mental health as indicated by subjective well-being (SWB) and depression. A sample of 1,200 undergraduates yields results indicating that (a) BJW influences optimism, gratitude, SWB, and depression after controlling for gender, age, income, and personality; (b) optimism and gratitude mediate BJW effects by increasing SWB and decreasing depression. The issues of BJW's adaptive functions are discussed.

引用

页码：411 / 423

页数：13

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