The relationship between self-control and subjective well-being in university students: the role of psychological resilience and social anxiety.

IF 1.9 3区医学 Q2 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Psychology Health & Medicine Pub Date : 2025-09-25 DOI:10.1080/13548506.2025.2564305

Xufeng Ma, Yujie Wang, Yan Zhang, Aibao Zhou

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Abstract

While many studies have documented a close relationship between self-control and subjective well-being (SWB), the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. The goal of this study was to investigate the potential chain-mediating effects of psychological resilience and social anxiety on the relationship between self-control and SWB among university students. The participants were 1,503 undergraduate students in their first to third years at university (M_ageT1 = 18.86 years, 660 males). We measured self-control, psychological resilience, social anxiety, and SWB at T1 (spring) and SWB at T2 (six months later). The results revealed the following: (1) There were significant positive correlations between self-control and current and future SWB. (2) Psychological resilience and social anxiety played chain-mediating roles in the relationship between self-control and current and future SWB. Our findings contribute to gaining a nuanced understanding of the underlying mechanisms that connect self-control and SWB among college students and have implications for educational practice and for improving university students' SWB.

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大学生自我控制与主观幸福感的关系：心理弹性和社交焦虑的作用。

虽然许多研究已经证明了自我控制与主观幸福感之间的密切关系，但其潜在机制尚不清楚。本研究旨在探讨心理弹性和社交焦虑在大学生自我控制与主观幸福感关系中的潜在连锁中介作用。参与者是1503名大一到大三的本科生（MageT1 = 18.86岁，660名男性）。我们测量了T1（春季）和T2（6个月后）的自我控制、心理弹性、社交焦虑和主观幸福感。结果表明：(1)自我控制与当前和未来幸福感存在显著正相关。(2)心理弹性和社交焦虑在自我控制与当前和未来主观幸福感的关系中起连锁中介作用。我们的研究结果有助于对大学生自我控制和主观幸福感之间联系的潜在机制进行细致入微的理解，并对教育实践和提高大学生主观幸福感具有启示意义。

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Psychology Health & Medicine PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH-

CiteScore

6.20

自引率

0.00%

发文量

200

审稿时长

6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： Psychology, Health & Medicine is a multidisciplinary journal highlighting human factors in health. The journal provides a peer reviewed forum to report on issues of psychology and health in practice. This key publication reaches an international audience, highlighting the variation and similarities within different settings and exploring multiple health and illness issues from theoretical, practical and management perspectives. It provides a critical forum to examine the wide range of applied health and illness issues and how they incorporate psychological knowledge, understanding, theory and intervention. The journal reflects the growing recognition of psychosocial issues as they affect health planning, medical care, disease reaction, intervention, quality of life, adjustment adaptation and management. For many years theoretical research was very distant from applied understanding. The emerging movement in health psychology, changes in medical care provision and training, and consumer awareness of health issues all contribute to a growing need for applied research. This journal focuses on practical applications of theory, research and experience and provides a bridge between academic knowledge, illness experience, wellbeing and health care practice.