Abstract
Adolescents’ life satisfaction is currently a hot topic in positive psychology research. Working from the broaden‑and‑build theory, this article aims to reveal the relationship between dispositional awe and life satisfaction, as well as the potential mediating roles of mindfulness and meaning in life (i.e., presence of meaning, search for meaning). Structural equation modeling was used to evaluate this model in a sample of 610 adolescents who completed a series of self-report measures quantifying dispositional awe, mindfulness, meaning in life, and life satisfaction. The results demonstrate that mindfulness, presence of meaning, and search for meaning independently mediate the positive association between dispositional awe and life satisfaction, supporting the broaden‑and‑build theory of life satisfaction. Serial mediation analysis further indicated that “mindfulness-presence of meaning” constitute chain mediators in the dispositional awe-life satisfaction relationship. These findings effectively extend the broaden‑and‑build theory and indicate for the first time that dispositional awe may promote adolescents’ life satisfaction through mindfulness and the importance of presence of meaning.
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Dong, X., Geng, L. The role of mindfulness and meaning in life in adolescents’ dispositional awe and life satisfaction: the broaden‑and‑build theory perspective. Curr Psychol 42, 28911–28924 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-03924-z
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