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How Gratitude Influences Well-Being: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach

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The main purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among gratitude, social support, coping style, and well-being. In total, 750 undergraduate participants completed four inventories measuring the variables of interest. Analyses of structural equation modeling found that gratitude had direct effects on undergraduates’ active coping styles, social support, and well-being. In addition, gratitude had indirect effects on undergraduates’ well-being via an active coping style and social support, and social support had direct effects on undergraduates’ active coping styles. These results support the proposed model of well-being and contribute to the understanding of how gratitude influences undergraduates’ well-being via interpersonal and cognitive variables.

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Titel: How Gratitude Influences Well-Being: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach
verfasst von: Chih-Che Lin
Yu-chu Yeh
Publikationsdatum: 01.08.2014
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in: Social Indicators Research / Ausgabe 1/2014
Print ISSN: 0303-8300
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-0921
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-013-0424-6

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