How Belief in a Just World Benefits Mental Health: The Effects of Optimism and Gratitude

dc.cclicenceCC-BY-NCen
dc.contributor.authorJiang, Feng
dc.contributor.authorYue, Xiaodong
dc.contributor.authorLu, Su
dc.contributor.authorYu, Guangtao
dc.contributor.authorZhu, Fei
dc.date.acceptance2015-01-18
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-20T10:03:21Z
dc.date.available2019-11-20T10:03:21Z
dc.date.issued2015-01-25
dc.descriptionThe file attached to this record is the author's final peer reviewed version. The Publisher's final version can be found by following the DOI link.en
dc.description.abstractPast research suggests that individuals’ belief in a just world (BJW) is closely connected with their mental health. To clarify the underlying mechanism, the current study proposes that BJW encourages optimism and gratitude which then mediates the relation- ship between BJW and mental health as indicated by subjective well-being (SWB) and depression. A sample of 1,200 undergraduates yields results indicating that (a) BJW influences optimism, gratitude, SWB, and depression after controlling for gender, age, income, and personality; (b) optimism and gratitude mediate BJW effects by increasing SWB and decreasing depression. The issues of BJW’s adaptive functions are discussed.en
dc.funderOther external funder (please detail below)en
dc.funder.otherNational Natural Science Foun- dation of China,en
dc.funder.otherprogram for Innovation Research in Central University of Finance and Economicsen
dc.funder.otherFundamental Research Funds for the Central Universitiesen
dc.identifier.citationJiang, F. et al. (2015) How Belief in a Just World Benefits Mental Health: The Effects of Optimism and Gratitude. Social Indicators Research, 126 (1), pp. 411–423en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-015-0877-x
dc.identifier.issn1573-0921
dc.identifier.urihttps://dora.dmu.ac.uk/handle/2086/18832
dc.language.isoenen
dc.peerreviewedYesen
dc.projectid71401190en
dc.projectid71401036en
dc.projectid13QNGLX02en
dc.publisherSpringeren
dc.researchinstituteInstitute for Psychological Scienceen
dc.subjectBelief in a just worlden
dc.subjectGratitudeen
dc.subjectOptimismen
dc.subjectSubjective well-beingen
dc.subjectDepressionen
dc.titleHow Belief in a Just World Benefits Mental Health: The Effects of Optimism and Gratitudeen
dc.typeArticleen

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