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Failure-Related Action Orientation and Life Satisfaction: The Mediating Role of Forgivingness

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  • Rui Shi

    (Northwest A&F University
    Fourth Military Medical University)

  • Shilei Zhang

    (Shaanxi Normal University
    Chang’an University)

  • Danmin Miao

    (Fourth Military Medical University)

Abstract

This study examined the association between failure-related action orientation and life satisfaction, with a primary focus on confirmation of the mediating role of forgivingness in Chinese college students. 277 participants (165 males and 112 females) from Mainland China completed a subscale of the Action Control Scale (ACS-90) called the Failure-related Action Orientation Scale (AOF), the Tendency to Forgive Scale (Brown in Personal Soc Psychol Bull 29(6):759–771, 2003) and the Satisfaction with Life Scale (Diener et al. in J Personal Assess 49(1):71–75, 1985). Results from structural equation modeling showed that forgivingness partially mediated the relationship between failure-related action orientation and life satisfaction. Moreover, AOF, forgivingness and life satisfaction did not differ across gender or age groups. Implications for the model of failure-related action orientation, forgivingness and life satisfaction in college students are discussed.

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  • Rui Shi & Shilei Zhang & Danmin Miao, 2016. "Failure-Related Action Orientation and Life Satisfaction: The Mediating Role of Forgivingness," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 17(5), pages 1891-1903, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:jhappi:v:17:y:2016:i:5:d:10.1007_s10902-015-9676-y
    DOI: 10.1007/s10902-015-9676-y
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