دورية أكاديمية
Engaging in prosocial behavior explains how high self-control relates to more life satisfaction: Evidence from three Chinese samples
| العنوان: | Engaging in prosocial behavior explains how high self-control relates to more life satisfaction: Evidence from three Chinese samples |
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| المؤلفون: | Kai Dou, Jian-Bin Li, Yu-Jie Wang, Jing-Jing Li, Zi-Qin Liang, Yan-Gang Nie |
| المجموعة: | RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) |
| الوصف: | High levels of self-control are found to be associated with greater life satisfaction. To further understand this relationship, the current study examined two questions: (1) whether too much self-control reduces, rather than increases, life satisfaction, as argued by some scholars; and (2) whether engaging in prosocial behavior explains the “self-control–life satisfaction” link. To this end, we conducted survey research among adolescents (N = 1,009), university students (N = 2,620), and adult workers (N = 500). All participants answered the same self-control and life satisfaction measures, whereas prosocial behavior was assessed using different scales across samples. Results of two-line regressions failed to reveal significant inverted-U shaped association between self-control and life satisfaction across samples. Moreover, results of mediation analyses showed that across samples, high levels of self-control were related to greater life satisfaction and this association was partly mediated by prosocial behavior. In conclusion, there is no evidence showing that too much self-control impairs life satisfaction. Engaging in prosocial behavior partly explains how high self-control relates to greater well-being. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| اللغة: | unknown |
| العلاقة: | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0223169Test; https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0223169&type=printableTest |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0223169 |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0223169&type=printable |
| الإتاحة: | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0223169Test https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0223169&type=printableTest |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.1255D809 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0223169 |
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