Abstract
Respect, subjective vitality, and subjective happiness can be associated with positive psychological functioning. In this study, subjective vitality was examined as a mediator on the relationship between respect toward partner and subjective happiness on a teachers' sample. The study is a quantitative cross-sectional mediation study. The data were collected from 172 married teachers by a questionnaire package that included the Respect toward Partner Scale, the Subjective Vitality Scale, and the Subjective Happiness Scale. Findings show that subjective happiness is predicted positively by respect toward partner and subjective vitality. Subjective vitality is predicted positively by respect toward partner. Also, the relationship between respect toward partner and subjective happiness is partially mediated by subjective vitality. Understanding the role of respect within close relationships could facilitate the development of interventions to enhance communication between partners about safety attitudes and decrease partner violence. Implications and limitations have been discussed within the scope of the relevant literature.
Highlights
Establishing close relationships is one of the core needs and is a developmental task of human beings
Subjective vitality and subjective happiness all seem to be related to positive psychological functioning
The results of the analysis demonstrated that respect toward partner was positively related with subjective happiness (β= .28, t= 3.736, df= 169,p
Summary
Establishing close relationships is one of the core needs and is a developmental task of human beings. The significant link between respect and self-esteem, dating violence, bullying, liking, relationship satisfaction, psychological well-being has been revealed by many studies [22] In this regard, subjective vitality and subjective happiness may be two of the adaptive psychological constructs which may interact with respect toward partner. Since human beings need social interactions as a mean of sharing their emotional experiences, in order to enhance their emotional strength and maintain their psychological and mental health, a respectful close relationship provides support, and it can be a facilitator for happiness [41, 42]. Individuals who have higher levels of subjective vitality are more energized psychologically and the state of being energized is linked with greater positive affect, more resilience, and better overall psychological health and functioning [22]. To what extent does this characterization describe you?”) self-report scale and each item was rated on a 7-point scale
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