Crisis of Meaning and Subjective Well-Being: The Mediating Role of Resilience and Self-Control among Gifted Adults
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Measures
2.3. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Descriptive Statistics and Preliminary Analysis
3.2. Multiple Mediation Analyses
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variables | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
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HIQ | HAA | HIQ | HAA | HIQ | HAA | HIQ | HAA | |
1. CoMT1 | (0.95) | (0.78) | ||||||
2. SWBT2 | −0.50 ** | −0.76 ** | (0.82) | (0.80) | ||||
3. ResT2 | −0.52 ** | −0.80 ** | 0.58 ** | 0.67 ** | (0.81) | (0.89) | ||
4. SCT2 | −0.26 * | −0.53 ** | 0.31 ** | 0.65 ** | 0.37 ** | 0.56 ** | (0.85) | (0.86) |
M | 1.48 | 0.40 | 13.53 | 16.60 | 69.40 | 73.75 | 3.12 | 3.67 |
SD | 1.38 | 0.65 | 4.41 | 4.21 | 9.38 | 10.60 | 0.65 | 0.60 |
Range | 0–5 | 0–5 | 0–25 | 0–25 | 13–91 | 13–91 | 1–5 | 1–5 |
Intellectually Gifted Adults (N = 100) | Academically High-Achieving Adults (N = 52) | |||||||
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Path | Coeff. | SE | LLCI | ULCI | Coeff. | SE | LLCI | ULCI |
Total effect (c) | −1.60 | 0.28 | −2.15 | −1.04 | −4.90 | 0.59 | −6.09 | −3.72 |
Direct effect (c’) | −0.84 | 0.30 | −1.43 | −0.24 | −3.59 | 0.92 | −5.43 | −1.75 |
a1 | −3.55 | 0.59 | −4.72 | −2.39 | −13.00 | 1.37 | −15.75 | −10.25 |
a2 | −0.12 | 0.05 | −0.22 | −0.03 | −0.49 | 0.11 | −0.71 | −0.27 |
b1 | 0.19 | 0.05 | 0.10 | 0.28 | 0.01 | 0.06 | −0.10 | 0.12 |
b2 | 0.59 | 0.58 | −0.56 | 1.73 | 2.39 | 0.73 | 0.93 | 3.85 |
Indirect effect a1b1 | −0.69 | 0.20 | −1.12 | −0.35 | −0.15 | 0.95 | −2.24 | 1.49 |
Indirect effect a2b2 | −0.07 | 0.08 | −0.26 | 0.06 | −1.16 | 0.56 | −2.42 | −0.25 |
* Indirect effect a1b1 | −0.22 | 0.06 | −0.34 | −0.12 | −0.02 | 0.15 | −0.36 | 0.23 |
* Indirect effect a2b2 | −0.02 | 0.03 | −0.08 | 0.02 | −0.18 | 0.08 | −0.36 | −0.04 |
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Vötter, B. Crisis of Meaning and Subjective Well-Being: The Mediating Role of Resilience and Self-Control among Gifted Adults. Behav. Sci. 2020, 10, 15. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs10010015
Vötter B. Crisis of Meaning and Subjective Well-Being: The Mediating Role of Resilience and Self-Control among Gifted Adults. Behavioral Sciences. 2020; 10(1):15. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs10010015
Chicago/Turabian StyleVötter, Bernadette. 2020. "Crisis of Meaning and Subjective Well-Being: The Mediating Role of Resilience and Self-Control among Gifted Adults" Behavioral Sciences 10, no. 1: 15. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs10010015