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

Satici B.

HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY OPEN, vol.6, no.2, 2019 (ESCI, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 6 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2019
  • Doi Number: 10.1177/2055102919884290
  • Journal Name: HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY OPEN
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Keywords: 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 Technical University Affiliated: No

Abstract

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.