Flow as a Key Predictor of Subjective Well-Being Among Chinese University Students: A Chain Mediating Model

Frontiers in Psychology

Yanhui Mao¹  Laszlo Harmat²  Yao Lai⁴  Jun Wu⁵  Mei Xie⁵ 

[1] Department of Psychology and Behavior Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China;Department of Psychology, Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden;Institute of Applied Psychology, Psychological Research and Counseling Center, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China;School of Economics and Management, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China;School of Foreign Languages, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China;

关键词: flow experience;    academic self-efficacy;    self-esteem;    subjective well-being;    Chinese university students;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2021.743906

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The present study investigated a conceptual model by testing flow experience and subjective well-being of university students during Coronavirus Diseas-19 (COVID-19) via considering their underlying mechanisms of academic self-efficacy and self-esteem. A total of 1,109 Chinese university students completed a questionnaire containing scales of subjective well-being, flow, academic self-efficacy, and self-esteem. Results yielded from the structural equation modeling analysis indicated a significant and positive association between flow experience and subjective well-being, and such an association was sequentially mediated by academic self-efficacy and self-esteem. Findings also provided empirical evidence for the proposed model highlighting the significant role of flow experience at the higher educational context in predicting subjective well-being of Chinese university students, and how such a relation can be supported by suggested mediating roles academic self-efficacy and self-esteem played.

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