Keywords:
Character strengths; Academic engagement; Optimism
品格优势;学业投入;乐观
Abstract:
Objective: To explore the influence of character strengths on college
students’ academic engagement and examine the mediating role of optimism.
Methods: 302 college students were investigated by Chinese Virtues Questionnaire,
Life Orientation Test and the Adapted version of Academic Engagement Inventory,
and SPSS19.0 software was used to process and analyze the valid data. Results: (1)
Character strengths have a significant positive effect on college students’ academic
engagement, of which conscientiousness advantage is the most obvious, relationship
advantage is the second, vitality advantage is relatively low. (2) Character strengths
have a significant positive impact on college students’ optimism, among which vitality
advantage has the most obvious effect, relationship advantage comes second, and
conscientiousness advantage has relatively low effect. (3) Optimism plays a partial mediating role in the relationship between relationship advantage, vitality advantage,
conscientiousness advantage and college students’ academic engagement. Conclusion:
Character strengths have a significant positive effect on college students’ academic
engagement and optimism, and optimism plays a partial mediating role in the
relationship between character strengths and college students’ academic engagement.
目的:探究品格优势对大学生学业投入的影响,并检验乐观在其中起到的中介作用。方法:采用中文长处问卷、生活定向测验量表和学习投入量表的改编版对302 名大学生进行问卷调查,运用SPSS19.0 软件处理和分析有效数据。结果:(1)品格优势三大类长处都对大学生学业投入具有显著正向影响,其中意志力优势作用最明显、亲和力优势次之、生命力优势的作用相对较低;(2)品格优势三大类长处都对大学生乐观具有显著正向影响,其中生命力优势作用最明显、亲和力优势次之、意志力优势的作用相对较低;(3)乐观分别在亲和力优势、生命力优势、意志力优势和大学生学业投入的关系之间都能起到部分中介作用。结论:品格优势对大学生学业投入和乐观都具有显著正向影响,乐观在品格优势和大学生学业投入的关系之间起部分中介作用。