Belief in a just world mediates the relationship between institutional trust and life satisfaction among the elderly in China

	Belief in a just world mediates the relationship between institutional trust and life satisfaction among the elderly in China
	Zhang, Zhen1 ; Zhang, Jianxin2
摘要	This study investigated the relationship between institutional trust and life satisfaction, and the mediating role of belief in a just world (BJW) among the elderly. The General Belief in a Just World Scale (GBJW) and Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) were employed. A self-developed Institutional Trust questionnaire was used to measure participant' levels of trust in eight institutions. The aggregate score for all eight items represented the level of institutional trust. The questionnaires were completed by 19,352 retirees ranging in age from 50 to 99 (M = 69.7, SD = 8.0). The results showed the following: (1) overall, the retirees tended to report high institutional trust and high life satisfaction; (2) institutional trust was positively associated with life satisfaction; and (3) more importantly, the relationships between institutional trust and life satisfaction were partially mediated by GBJW. This finding provides a new insight into the psychological mechanisms by which institutional trust relates to individual happiness. The theoretical and practical implications of these findings, as well as the study's limitations, are discussed. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
关键词	Institutional trust Social trust Life satisfaction Happiness Belief in a just world The elderly
	2015-09-01
语种	英语
发表期刊	PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES
ISSN	0191-8869
卷号	83 期号:0 页码:164-169
期刊论文类型	Article
收录类别	SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000356642400029
引用统计	被引频次：26[WOS] [WOS记录] [WOS相关记录]
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.psych.ac.cn/handle/311026/13356
专题	中国科学院行为科学重点实验室
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Psychol, Key Lab Behav Sci, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Psychol, Key Lab Mental Hlth, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China
第一作者单位	中国科学院行为科学重点实验室
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zhang, Zhen,Zhang, Jianxin. Belief in a just world mediates the relationship between institutional trust and life satisfaction among the elderly in China[J]. PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES,2015,83(0):164-169.
APA	Zhang, Zhen,&Zhang, Jianxin.(2015).Belief in a just world mediates the relationship between institutional trust and life satisfaction among the elderly in China.PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES,83(0),164-169.
MLA	Zhang, Zhen,et al."Belief in a just world mediates the relationship between institutional trust and life satisfaction among the elderly in China".PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES 83.0(2015):164-169.

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