Abstract
Objectives The purpose of this study was to examine the mediating effect of materialism and social comparison in the relationship between attitude toward death and subjective well-being among people in their early adulthood. Methods The survey data were collected for 285 adults and analyzed using SPSS 24.0 and Process Macro 3.5, encompassing descriptive statistical analysis, correlation analysis, individual mediation effects, and sequential mediation effects. Results It was observed that death attitude, subjective well-being, materialism, and social comparison were all significantly correlated with each other. Materialism and social comparison variables sequentially mediated the relationship between death attitude and subjective well-being. This indicates that materialism and social comparison sequentially mediated the relationship between death attitude and subjective well-being. Conclusions The attitude of accepting death as a part of life lowered materialism and social comparison, thereby improving subjective well-being, whereas the attitude of fearing death increased materialism and social comparison, thereby undermining subjective well-being
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