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Influence of Human Rights Victimization on Happiness of College Students: Mediating Effect of Self-esteem and grit


Ji Young Park, Muma Terence Tandia, Osemwegie Idahosa, Chang Seek Lee, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 1-5, Sep. 2020
10.22662/IJEMR.2020.4.3.001, Full Text:
Keywords: Grit, Happiness, Human right victimization, Macro process, Mediating Effect, Self-Esteem

Abstract

Background/Objectives: Our purpose in this study was to verify the mediating effect of self-esteem and grit in the link between human rights victimization and happiness. ethods/Statistical analysis: A sample of 233 students was purposively recruited from two universities in South Korea. SPSS PC + Win. Ver.25 and PROCESS macro Ver.3.5 were used for data analysis. Frequency analysis, reliability analysis, correlation analysis and multiple mediating effect analysis were performed. Findings: Results were as follows. First, human rights victimization had a significant negative effect on happiness, self-esteem and grit. Grit had a positive correlation between self-esteem and happiness. Second, self-esteem and grit mediated in the link between human rights victimization and happiness. This study can be applied as a new model to prevent college students from human rights victimization. Improvements/Applications: Our findings also demonstrated that self-esteem and grit are useful buffers to happy individuals.


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[APA Style]
Ji Young Park, Muma Terence Tandia, Osemwegie Idahosa, & Chang Seek Lee (2020). Influence of Human Rights Victimization on Happiness of College Students: Mediating Effect of Self-esteem and grit. International Journal of Emerging Multidisciplinary Research, 4(3), 1-5. DOI: 10.22662/IJEMR.2020.4.3.001.

[IEEE Style]
J. Y. Park, M. T. Tandia, O. Idahosa and C. S. Lee, "Influence of Human Rights Victimization on Happiness of College Students: Mediating Effect of Self-esteem and grit," International Journal of Emerging Multidisciplinary Research, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 1-5, 2020. DOI: 10.22662/IJEMR.2020.4.3.001.

[ACM Style]
Ji Young Park, Muma Terence Tandia, Osemwegie Idahosa, and Chang Seek Lee. 2020. Influence of Human Rights Victimization on Happiness of College Students: Mediating Effect of Self-esteem and grit. International Journal of Emerging Multidisciplinary Research, 4, 3, (2020), 1-5. DOI: 10.22662/IJEMR.2020.4.3.001.