title: Gratitude and Adolescents' Subjective Well-Being in School: The Multiple Mediating Roles of Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction at School.
abstract: Based on the relation between gratitude and general subjective well-being (SWB), and Basic Psychological Needs Theory (Ryan and Deci, 2000), the present study's aim was to use structural equation modeling to test the multiple mediational roles of the satisfaction of three basic psychological needs at school in accounting for the association between gratitude and SWB in school (school satisfaction, school affect) in adolescents. A total of 881 Chinese adolescents (427 males; Mean age = 12.97) completed a multi-measure questionnaire that tapped the targeted variables. Findings revealed that gratitude related significantly, positively to adolescents' SWB in school. Moreover, a multiple-mediators analysis suggested that relatedness and competence needs satisfaction at school mediated the relation between gratitude and SWB in school. Lastly, a multiple-mediators analysis also indicated that autonomy needs satisfaction mediated the relation between relatedness and competence needs and SWB in school. Limitations and practical applications of the study were discussed.
authors.affiliation: Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, Center for Studies of Psychological Application, School of Psychology, South China Normal University Guangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Lili
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.affiliation: Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, Center for Studies of Psychological Application, School of Psychology, South China Normal University Guangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Luyang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pi
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina, Columbia SC, USA.
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Huebner
authors.affiliation: Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, Center for Studies of Psychological Application, School of Psychology, South China Normal UniversityGuangzhou, China; Shajiao Junior High SchoolFoshan, China.
authors.forename: Minmin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Du
keywords: adolescent; basic psychological needs satisfaction at school; gratitude; multiple mediational role; subjective well-being in school