Subjective well-being: self-forgiveness, coping self-efficacy, mindfulness, and the role of resilience?

ABSTRACT

In the current study, we investigated self-forgiveness, coping self-efficacy, mindfulness, and resilience as predictors of subjective well-being. The study group consisted of 1091 undergraduate students. A Personal Information Form, the Heartland Forgiveness Scale, the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale, the Coping Self-Efficacy Scale, the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale-Short Form, the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule, and the Satisfaction with Life Scale were used as data collection tools in the study. Pearson Correlation Analysis and Structural Equation Model analysis were performed in the study. According to the results of the structural equation model analysis, it was revealed that all the positive characteristics in the model contributed significantly to the subjective well-being of undergraduate students. In addition, apart from the path from mindfulness to resilience, other paths in the structural model were found to be statistically significant, as well.

KEYWORDS:

• Self-forgiveness
• coping self-efficacy
• mindfulness
• resilience
• subjective well-being

Sustainable Development Goals:

• SDG 3: Good health and well-being

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Compliance with ethical standards

This study was conducted in accordance with the 1975 Helsinki Declaration. Firstly, ethics committee permission was obtained from Karadeniz Technical University.

Data availability statement

Due to the nature of this research, participants of this study and university ethics board did not agree for the data to be shared publicly, so supporting data is not available.

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Feridun Kaya

Feridun Kaya is an Assistant Professor, PhD in Psychology programme at Atatürk University, Turkey. He is currently Faculty Member in the Psychology Division at Atatürk University, Turkey. His research areas resilience, psychological distress, mental health, and subjective well-being.

Hatice Odacı

Hatice Odacı is a Professor, PhD in Psychology programme at Karadeniz Technical University, Turkey. She is currently Faculty Member in the Psychology Division at Karadeniz Technical University, Turkey. Her research areas include traumatic experience, resilience, mental health, and subjective well-being.