Independent self-construal, self-reflection, and self-rumination: A path model for predicting happiness
By Irina Elliott, S. Coker. 2008
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Abstract A construal theory of happiness emphasises the mediating impact of cognitive and motivational processes on the individual's perceptions of their happiness. This study investigated a path model with the two cognitive variables, self-reflection and self-rumination as mediating factors between an independent self-construal and subjective happiness. One hundred and twenty three participants completed a questionnaire designed to measure subjective happiness, independent self-construal, self-reflection, and self-rumination. Individuals' propensity to self-reflect and self-ruminate was not found to be affected by an independent self-construal. A higher independent self-construal was associated with greater happiness. The results also indicated that self-reflection has the potential to both increase and decrease (when mediated by self-rumination) subjective happiness. This study suggests that although meaningful self-reflection may be beneficial for individuals who do not enjoy high levels of happiness, ...
Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology
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- Adaptive and maladaptive attraction to negative emotions in music (2013, unknown): “Subsequent studies have further investigated this distinction (Elliott & Ioker, 2008; Joireman, Parrott, & Hammersla, 2002; Wolfe, Knight, Buck, Liwslu, & Somers, 2003).”
- The What, How, Why, and Where of Self-Construal (2011, background): “…that have directly measured self-construal tend to find that, in a variety of samples, IndSC is associated with greater subjective happiness (Elliott & Coker, 2008) as well as decreased depression (e.g., B. T. Lam, 2005; Okazaki, 1997; Sato & McCann, 1998), unhappiness (Y. Kim, Kasser, &…”