Citation

Zhao X, Shi C. Front. Psychol. 2018; 9: e598.

Affiliation

School of Criminal Justice, China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, China.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Frontiers Research Foundation)

DOI

10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00598

PMID

29740378

PMCID

PMC5928748

Abstract

This study analyzed the mediation effect of a suicidal attitude from regulatory emotional self-efficacy to core self-evaluation. A measurement study was conducted among 438 college students using the Regulatory Emotional Self-Efficacy Scale, the Core Self-Evaluation Scale, and the Suicide Attitude Questionnaire.

RESULTS from the plug-in process in SPSS and the bootstrap method showed that the attitude toward suicidal behavior and the attitude toward family members of an individual who has committed suicide played a double-mediation role, from perceived self-efficacy in managing happiness to core self-evaluation. The results also showed that the attitude toward a person who committed suicide or attempted suicide played a mediation effect from perceived self-efficacy in managing curiousness to core self-evaluation. This research has great significance for improving the understanding of college students' sense of happiness and prevention for self-evaluation.

Language: en

Keywords

core self-evaluation; mediation effect; regulatory emotional self-efficacy; sense of happiness; suicidal attitude