ارتباط اجتماعی، برونگرایی، و رفاه ذهنی: تست مدل میانجی

This investigation examined social connectedness as distinct from extraversion and as a mediation variable in the relationship between extraversion and subjective well-being. A college student sample (N = 295) and a sample of individuals who identify as lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB; N = 148) completed measures of extraversion, social connectedness, life satisfaction, and positive and negative affect. Factor analytic results suggest social connectedness is a unique construct from extraversion. Moreover, the relationship between extraversion and well-being was mediated by social connectedness.

In personality and well-being research, extraversion has received considerable attention because of its association with life satisfaction, positive affect, and psychological adjustment. However, the psychological mechanisms that underpin this relationship between extraversion and well-being are less understood. Building upon the idea that the self-system functions as a psychological mediator, we investigated social connectedness as distinct from extraversion and as a mediator of the relationship between extraversion and subjective well-being.