Linking social support to subjective well-being: The influence of virtuous personality in a longitudinal mediation model

IF 2.6 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

Personality and Individual Differences Pub Date : 2025-09-16 DOI:10.1016/j.paid.2025.113451

Dongchi Zhao , Liying Jiao , Jingyi Zhou , Zhihui Yang

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Abstract

Social support is often seen as an important factor in improving people's subjective well-being (SWB). However, the underlying processes by which social support contributes to SWB are still not completely understood. Social support may have an impact by shaping individuals' positive personality traits. In this process, virtuous personality, as a moral component of personality, could play a significant role. Furthermore, longitudinal study is crucial for understanding the long-term effect and mechanism behind this relationship. Thus, this study explored the potential mediating role of virtuous personality in the link between social support and SWB over time. Data were collected at two time points from 2149 participants (883 males, 41.1 %), with a three-month interval between assessments. A longitudinal mediation model was constructed. Results showed that social support at T1 significantly predicted SWB at T2. Moreover, T2 virtuous personality mediated the relationship between T1 social support and T2 SWB. Overall, these findings underscore the importance of virtuous personality as a key mediator in the pathway linking social support to enhanced SWB, offering significant insights into the sources of SWB and potential strategies for its improvement.

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社会支持对主观幸福感的影响：美德人格的纵向中介模型

社会支持通常被视为提高人们主观幸福感的一个重要因素。然而，社会支持促进主观幸福感的潜在过程仍未被完全理解。社会支持可能通过塑造个人的积极人格特征而产生影响。在这一过程中，美德人格作为人格的道德组成部分发挥着重要作用。此外，纵向研究对于理解这种关系背后的长期影响和机制至关重要。因此，本研究探讨了美德人格在社会支持与主观幸福感之间的潜在中介作用。在两个时间点从2149名参与者（883名男性，41.1%）中收集数据，评估间隔三个月。建立纵向中介模型。结果显示，T1时的社会支持显著预测T2时的主观幸福感。T2美德人格在T1社会支持与T2主观幸福感之间起中介作用。总体而言，这些研究结果强调了美德人格在社会支持与幸福感增强之间的通路中的重要中介作用，为幸福感的来源和潜在的改善策略提供了重要的见解。

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Personality and Individual Differences PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

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8.50

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4.70%

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577

审稿时长

41 days

期刊介绍： Personality and Individual Differences is devoted to the publication of articles (experimental, theoretical, review) which aim to integrate as far as possible the major factors of personality with empirical paradigms from experimental, physiological, animal, clinical, educational, criminological or industrial psychology or to seek an explanation for the causes and major determinants of individual differences in concepts derived from these disciplines. The editors are concerned with both genetic and environmental causes, and they are particularly interested in possible interaction effects.