Influence of attachment styles on the well-being of Maldivian University and college students, being mediated by prosocial behavior, social skills, self-esteem, and trust in others
Influence of attachment styles on the well-being of Maldivian University and college students, being mediated by prosocial behavior, social skills, self-esteem, and trust in others
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2018
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Scholar: Human Sciences 10, 2 (August-December 2018), 219-234
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The present investigation attempted to examine the direct and indirect
influences of attachment style on well-being being mediated by prosocial behavior,
social skills, self-esteem, and trust in others, and also to determine if the hypothesized
paths would vary as a function of gender. A total of 1,110 Maldivian university and
college students aged between 18 and 30 years consented to fill in a set of
questionnaires. In the study two hierarchical models were posited, evaluated, and
compared as to their efficacy in explaining the influence of the exogenous variable
attachment style on the criterion variable of well-being, via the four cited mediating
variables. Evaluation and comparison of the fit of these two nested models pointed to
the direct path model as being more parsimonious and better fitting than the full
indirect path model. Additionally, it was hypothesized that there are significant
differences in the relationships proposed in the model, based on gender. The results
confirmed that the patterns of structural relationships posited between attachment
style and well-being operated similarly for the male and female Maldivian
participants. In effect, no significant gender differences in the hypothesized
relationships were found.
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