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The Reciprocal Associations Between Academic Contingent Self-Worth and Life Satisfaction Among Chinese College Students

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  • Yonghe Ti

    (Tsinghua University)

  • Jun Wei

    (Tsinghua University)

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This study examined the reciprocal associations between academic contingent self-worth and life satisfaction at the between- and within-person level among college students. 1183 freshmen from eight Chinese universities (736 females, Mage = 18.61 at Wave 1) reported on their academic contingent self-worth and life satisfaction three times over a year, and the data were analyzed using both cross-lagged panel model and random intercept cross-lagged model. Findings of both approaches consistently revealed negative bidirectional cross-lagged associations between academic contingent self-worth and life satisfaction both at the between- and within-person level. Academic contingent self-worth predicted decreased life satisfaction from Wave 2 to Wave 3, but not from Wave 1 to Wave 2, whereas life satisfaction predicted decreased academic contingent self-worth across three waves. The findings suggested that college students’ tendency to base their self-worth on academic performance may gradually impair their life satisfaction, and promoting life satisfaction may in turn help to alleviate academic contingent self-worth among college students.

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  • Yonghe Ti & Jun Wei, 2023. "The Reciprocal Associations Between Academic Contingent Self-Worth and Life Satisfaction Among Chinese College Students," Applied Research in Quality of Life, Springer;International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies, vol. 18(2), pages 795-810, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:ariqol:v:18:y:2023:i:2:d:10.1007_s11482-022-10106-3
    DOI: 10.1007/s11482-022-10106-3
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    1. Xiaofei Yan & Jingkuan Su & Xia Zhu & Dan He, 2013. "Loneliness and Subjective Happiness as Mediators of the Effects of Core Self-evaluations on Life Satisfaction Among Chinese College Students," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 114(2), pages 757-766, November.
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