Postgraduates' time management disposition and mental health: mediating role of life satisfaction and moderating role of core self-evaluations.
Core self-evaluations
Life satisfaction
Mental health
Postgraduates
Time management disposition
Journal
BMC psychology
ISSN: 2050-7283
Titre abrégé: BMC Psychol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101627676
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
06 Oct 2023
06 Oct 2023
Historique:
received:
23
04
2023
accepted:
27
09
2023
medline:
9
10
2023
pubmed:
7
10
2023
entrez:
6
10
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The current study aimed to investigate the relationship between postgraduates' time management disposition and mental health. As such, it constructed a moderated mediation model to examine the mediating role of life satisfaction on the relationship between graduate students' time management disposition and mental health and examine whether this role was moderated by core self-evaluations. 455 postgraduates were surveyed by the Adolescence Time Management Disposition Inventory, the Adolescent Students' Life Satisfaction Scale, the revised version of the Chinese Core Self-Evaluation Scale, and the revised version of the Chinese General Health Questionnaire. Time management disposition, life satisfaction, core self-evaluation, and mental health were significantly correlated. Time management disposition indirectly affected mental health through the mediating effect of life satisfaction. Core self-evaluation moderated the second half of the mediating effect of time management disposition on mental health via life satisfaction. The findings reveal the mechanism between time management disposition and mental health, which will help school educators to guide postgraduates in developing good time management disposition and improving life satisfaction and core self-evaluation, and thus improve their mental health.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
The current study aimed to investigate the relationship between postgraduates' time management disposition and mental health. As such, it constructed a moderated mediation model to examine the mediating role of life satisfaction on the relationship between graduate students' time management disposition and mental health and examine whether this role was moderated by core self-evaluations.
METHODS
METHODS
455 postgraduates were surveyed by the Adolescence Time Management Disposition Inventory, the Adolescent Students' Life Satisfaction Scale, the revised version of the Chinese Core Self-Evaluation Scale, and the revised version of the Chinese General Health Questionnaire.
RESULTS
RESULTS
Time management disposition, life satisfaction, core self-evaluation, and mental health were significantly correlated. Time management disposition indirectly affected mental health through the mediating effect of life satisfaction. Core self-evaluation moderated the second half of the mediating effect of time management disposition on mental health via life satisfaction.
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
The findings reveal the mechanism between time management disposition and mental health, which will help school educators to guide postgraduates in developing good time management disposition and improving life satisfaction and core self-evaluation, and thus improve their mental health.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37803401
doi: 10.1186/s40359-023-01349-2
pii: 10.1186/s40359-023-01349-2
pmc: PMC10559621
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
316Subventions
Organisme : Starting Fund for Scientific Research of High-Level Talents at Anhui Agricultural University
ID : rc432206
Organisme : Outstanding Youth Program of Philosophy and Social Sciences in Anhui Province
ID : 2022AH030089
Informations de copyright
© 2023. BioMed Central Ltd., part of Springer Nature.
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