Testing a model of subjective well-being: The roles of optimism, psychological vulnerability, and shyness

Satici B.

HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY OPEN, cilt.6, sa.2, 2019 (ESCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 6 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2019
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1177/2055102919884290
  • Dergi Adı: HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY OPEN
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: optimism, positive psychology, psychological vulnerability, shyness, subjective well-being, SOCIAL SUPPORT, MEDIATING ROLE, SELF-ESTEEM, NEGATIVE AFFECT, LIFE EVENTS, LONELINESS, SATISFACTION, ADOLESCENTS, PERSONALITY, VALIDATION
  • Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

This research extended current positive psychological research by investigating the mediating effect of shyness on the association between optimism, psychological vulnerability and subjective well-being. Two hundred fifty-five volunteer university students (131 females and 124 males, mean age = 23.14) participated in the study. The structural equation modeling revealed shyness fully mediated the effect of psychological vulnerability on subjective well-being, while shyness partially mediated the effect of optimism on subjective well-being. Also, bootstrapping procedures confirmed that psychological vulnerability was indirectly associated with subjective well-being through shyness, whereas optimism was directly associated with subjective well-being. The implications for future studies and the limitations of the study were discussed in the context of the relevant literature.