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Social Indicators Research
Published in: Social Indicators Research 2/2015

01-11-2015

Social Support and Affect Balance Mediate the Association Between Forgiveness and Life Satisfaction

Author: Haidong Zhu

Published in: Social Indicators Research | Issue 2/2015

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Abstract

The present study aimed at analyzing the important role of forgiveness in life satisfaction and to extend the previous literature by investigating the potential mediating effects of social support and affect balance in this relationship. Self-report measures of forgiveness, social support, positive affect, negative affect and life satisfaction were administrated to 430 Chinese university students. Path analysis indicated that forgiveness exerted its indirect effect on life satisfaction through the mediating effects of social support and affect balance and the three-path mediating effect of social support–affect balance. Furthermore, a multi-group analysis showed that the mediational model was not moderated by gender. Therefore, this study makes a contribution to the complex nature of the association between forgiveness and life satisfaction.
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Metadata
Title
Social Support and Affect Balance Mediate the Association Between Forgiveness and Life Satisfaction
Author
Haidong Zhu
Publication date
01-11-2015
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Published in
Social Indicators Research / Issue 2/2015
Print ISSN: 0303-8300
Electronic ISSN: 1573-0921
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-014-0790-8

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