Social support mediates the effect of forgiveness on subjective well-being in college students
- Keywords:
- forgiveness, self-forgiveness, interpersonal forgiveness, social support, subjective well-being
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I explored the relationship between forgiveness and subjective well-being (SWB), and the mediating effect of social support in this relationship. Participants were 443 college students from Henan, China, who completed the Heartland Forgiveness Scale, Perceived Social Support Scale, and Subjective Well-Being Scale. The results show that both interpersonal forgiveness and self-forgiveness were significantly correlated with SWB. Moreover, social support partially mediated the effects of both self-forgiveness and interpersonal forgiveness on SWB. These findings extend prior research and elucidate how forgiveness can influence SWB in college students.
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- 2021-02-04
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- Vol. 49 No. 5 (2021)
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