On the Relation Between Undergraduates'Negative Social Emotion and Social Adaptation:Chain Mediating Roles of Belief in a Just World and Self-esteem
In order to explore the relation and influence of the negative social emotion on social adap-tation,984 undergraduates were investigated by Negative Social Emotion Scale,Belief in a Just World Questionnaire,Self-esteem Scale and Social Adjustment Scale.The results show that:There are significant correlation between negative social emotion,belief in a just world,self-esteem and so-cial adjustment.Belief in a just world,self-esteem play the mediating role independently between negative social emotion and social adaptation,belief in a just world and self-esteem play a chain me-diating role between negative social emotion and social adaptation.The direct effect of negative social emotion on social adaptation is not significant.Therefore,belief in a just world and self-esteem play the important mediating role between negative social emotion and social adaptation.The influence of negative social emotion on social adaptation can be reduced by improving self-esteem and belief in a just world.
undergraduatesocial emotionbelief in a just worldself-esteemsocial adaptation