Hope as a Mediator of the Link between Subjective Vitality and Subjective Happiness in University Students in Turkey

Abstract

In the present study, the relationship between subjective vitality and subjective happiness was examined through the mediating role of hope among 168 Turkish university students. To collect data, the Subjective Vitality Scales, the Dispositional Hope Scale, the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire Short Form, and a demographic information form were used. Bootstrapped mediation analysis was conducted to test the mediating role of hope in the link between subjective vitality and subjective happiness. Results indicated that hope was a significant mediator in the vitality-happiness link such that subjective vitality was positively related to hope, which in turn was positively related to subjective happiness. Some implications were discussed in the context of the theory and practice of subjective vitality and hope.

Keywords:

• Subjective vitality
• hope
• subjective happiness
• university students

Acknowledgements

This study has previously been presented as an oral presentation at the 1^st International Conference on Critical Debates in Social Sciences which was held between October 5 – October 7, 2018 in İzmir, Turkey.

Funding

The author(s) reported there is no funding associated with the work featured in this article.

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Notes on contributors

Mine Muyan-Yılık

Mine Muyan-Yılık is Assistant Professor of Guidance and Psychological Counseling in the Department of Educational Sciences at İzmir Democracy University. Her interests involve positive psychology, hope, subjective well-being, intimate partner violence, loneliness, and international psychology.

Orkide Bakalım

Orkide Bakalım is Associate Professor of Guidance and Psychological Counseling in the Department of Educational Sciences at İzmir Democracy University. Her research interests involve psychodrama, trauma counseling, group counseling, and positive psychology.