大学生自尊与宽恕倾向的关系:社会认可需要的中介作用

The Relationship of College Students' Self- Esteem and Dispositional Forgiveness: The Mediating Effect of the Need for Social Approval

自尊与宽恕的关系在国内外的研究中仍存在争议。本研究采用SES、社会自尊、MCSD和Heartland宽恕量表对我国225名大学生进行问卷调查,以探讨自尊(社会自尊和个体自尊)与宽恕倾向的关系,以及社会认可需要在二者关系中的中介作用。结果发现,对于全体研究对象而言,社会自尊比个体自尊对宽恕倾向的预测作用更大。在男生群体中,社会自尊预测宽恕倾向,且社会认可需要的中介作用不成立;在女生群体中,个体自尊预测宽恕倾向,且社会认可需要在个体自尊与宽恕倾向之间起完全中介作用。产生这一结果的原因与我国文化对自尊、宽恕的理解以及二者在两性中的差异有关。

It has been far from agreement on the relationship of self - esteem and forgiveness. The present study aimed to examine the relationship of self - esteem（ i. e. social self - esteem and individual self - esteem） and dispesitional forgiveness, as well as the mediating effect of the need for social approval through investigating 225 college students with SES, the Social Self - Esteem Inventory, MCSD, and The Heartland Forgiveness Scale. The results indicated that： the prediction of social self - esteem on forgiveness was greater than individual self - esteem in the whole sample. Social self - esteem predicted forgiveness significantly in male sample. On the contrary, individual self - esteem predicted forgiveness significantly in female sample. The need for social approval played fully mediator of individual self- esteem and forgiveness in female sample, however, this mediating effect exist in neither the whole sample nor the male sample. Such results may relate to the understanding of self - esteem and forgiveness in Chinese culture and gender difference.