How Belief in a Just World Benefits Mental Health: The Effects of Optimism and Gratitude
dc.cclicence | CC-BY-NC | en |
dc.contributor.author | Jiang, Feng | |
dc.contributor.author | Yue, Xiaodong | |
dc.contributor.author | Lu, Su | |
dc.contributor.author | Yu, Guangtao | |
dc.contributor.author | Zhu, Fei | |
dc.date.acceptance | 2015-01-18 | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-11-20T10:03:21Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-11-20T10:03:21Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015-01-25 | |
dc.description | The 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.abstract | Past 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.funder | Other external funder (please detail below) | en |
dc.funder.other | National Natural Science Foun- dation of China, | en |
dc.funder.other | program for Innovation Research in Central University of Finance and Economics | en |
dc.funder.other | Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities | en |
dc.identifier.citation | Jiang, 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. 411–423 | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-015-0877-x | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1573-0921 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://dora.dmu.ac.uk/handle/2086/18832 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.peerreviewed | Yes | en |
dc.projectid | 71401190 | en |
dc.projectid | 71401036 | en |
dc.projectid | 13QNGLX02 | en |
dc.publisher | Springer | en |
dc.researchinstitute | Institute for Psychological Science | en |
dc.subject | Belief in a just world | en |
dc.subject | Gratitude | en |
dc.subject | Optimism | en |
dc.subject | Subjective well-being | en |
dc.subject | Depression | en |
dc.title | How Belief in a Just World Benefits Mental Health: The Effects of Optimism and Gratitude | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
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