Postgraduates’ time management disposition and mental health: mediating role of life satisfaction and moderating role of core self-evaluations

BMC Psychology

Research

Han Teng¹  Shen Liu¹  Minghua Song² 

[1] Department of Psychology, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Anhui Agricultural University, 230036, Hefei, Anhui, China;Mental Health Education Guidance Center, Huzhou University, 313000, Huzhou, Zhejiang, China;

关键词: Time management disposition;    Life satisfaction;    Core self-evaluations;    Mental health;    Postgraduates;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s40359-023-01349-2

 received in 2023-04-23, accepted in 2023-09-27,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThe current study aimed to investigate the relationship between postgraduates’ time management disposition and mental health. As such, it constructed a moderated mediation model to examine the mediating role of life satisfaction on the relationship between graduate students’ time management disposition and mental health and examine whether this role was moderated by core self-evaluations.Methods455 postgraduates were surveyed by the Adolescence Time Management Disposition Inventory, the Adolescent Students’ Life Satisfaction Scale, the revised version of the Chinese Core Self-Evaluation Scale, and the revised version of the Chinese General Health Questionnaire.ResultsTime management disposition, life satisfaction, core self-evaluation, and mental health were significantly correlated. Time management disposition indirectly affected mental health through the mediating effect of life satisfaction. Core self-evaluation moderated the second half of the mediating effect of time management disposition on mental health via life satisfaction.ConclusionThe findings reveal the mechanism between time management disposition and mental health, which will help school educators to guide postgraduates in developing good time management disposition and improving life satisfaction and core self-evaluation, and thus improve their mental health.

【 授权许可】

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