The Effect of Interpersonal Trust on Minority High School Students' Psychological Well-being The Mediating Roles of Forgiveness and Self-esteem

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10.2991/cesses-19.2019.119How to use a DOI?

Keywords

interpersonal trust; psychological well-being; forgiveness; self-esteem; Minority high school students

Abstract

Objective: To explore the relationship between interpersonal trust, forgiveness, self-esteem and psychological well-being in high school students. Methods: By surveying 562 ethnic minority high school students with relevant scales and questionnaires in Xinjiang. Results: Scores of interpersonal trust, self-esteem, forgiveness and psychological well-being of ethnic minority high school students were (62.96±7.30, 25.05±4.23, 107.00±13.30, 160.47±7.91), and all scales of interpersonal trust, forgiveness and self-esteem were positively correlated with psychological well-being (r=0.19/r=0.30/r=0.63, P <0.05). Self-esteem and forgiveness have mediating effect on interpersonal trust and psychological well-being (mediating effect value is 0.16 and 0.05 respectively), while self-esteem and forgiveness have chain mediating effect on the relationship between interpersonal trust and psychological well-being (mediating effect value is 0.01). Conclusion: To enhance the psychological well-being of minority high school students, on the one hand, it is necessary increase the trust and communication between ethnic groups; on the other hand, it is necessary to pay more attention to the development of minority students' self-esteem, introduce forgiveness into moral courses, and cultivate the forgiveness ability of minority students.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Chao Ma
AU  - Mi Chen
AU  - Nianxin Guo
PY  - 2019/10
DA  - 2019/10
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BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Contemporary Education, Social Sciences and Ecological Studies (CESSES 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 525
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SN  - 2352-5398
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