@Article{ijmhp.2022.018829,
AUTHOR = {Seungju Hyun},
TITLE = {Sequential Mediating Effect of Proactive Coping and Perceived Stress in the Relationships between Self-Esteem Stability and Life Satisfaction},
JOURNAL = {International Journal of Mental Health Promotion},
VOLUME = {24},
YEAR = {2022},
NUMBER = {3},
PAGES = {425--437},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/IJMHP/v24n3/47053},
ISSN = {2049-8543},
ABSTRACT = {While the effect of self-esteem stability on life satisfaction is widely verified, it is not very known how coping strategies explain this relationship. The present study focused on proactive coping, a preliminary step to minimize the impact of expected stressors, and a process of recognizing stressful events as challenges and actively managing them. Specifically, this study (<i>N</i> = 280) examined whether proactive coping and perceived stress mediated the relationship between self-esteem stability and life satisfaction in a sequential manner. The results indicate that proactive coping and perceived stress sequentially mediated the relationship between self-esteem stability and life satisfaction, respectively. This demonstrates that proactive coping and perceived stress are factors that link self-esteem and life satisfaction. However, there was no direct effect between self-esteem and life satisfaction. These findings suggest the need to consider combining proactive coping interventions to increase the effectiveness of a self-esteem stability promotion program. The practical implications and suggestions for future research are also discussed.},
DOI = {10.32604/ijmhp.2022.018829}
}