Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Contemporary Education, Social Sciences and Ecological Studies (CESSES 2019)

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

Authors
Chao Ma, Mi Chen, Nianxin Guo
Corresponding Author
Chao Ma
Available Online October 2019.
DOI
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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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Contemporary Education, Social Sciences and Ecological Studies (CESSES 2019)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
October 2019
ISBN
978-94-6252-816-1
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/cesses-19.2019.119How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
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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