Abstract
People’s mindsets and goals regarding social relationships affect their relationship quality and psychological well-being. We employed multiple group path modeling to examine how perceived relational mobility affects mental and physical health through relationship mindsets (destiny and growth mindsets) and relationship goals (approach and avoidance goals) across countries, surveying community adults in the U.S. (n = 206; M age = 39.14; 48% female) and South Korea (n = 236; M age = 38.89; 51% female) through online questionnaires. Results showed that stronger growth mindsets and approach goals predicted better mental and physical health, whereas stronger destiny mindsets and avoidance goals predicted poorer mental and physical health in both countries. Moreover, higher levels of relational mobility were linked to higher levels of subjective well-being and fewer depressive symptoms via growth mindsets and approach goals. The results provide evidence for the importance of socioecological factors such as relational mobility in influencing relationship mindsets and goals with eventual consequences for health outcomes.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Journal of Social and Personal Relationships |
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| Publication status | Accepted/In press - 2018 Jan 1 |
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Keywords
- Mental and physical health
- relational mobility
- relationship goals
- relationship mindsets
- social ecology
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Psychology
- Communication
- Developmental and Educational Psychology
- Sociology and Political Science
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A socioecological perspective to understanding mental and physical health : The mediating role of relationship mindsets and goals. / Lee, Hajin; Lou, Nigel Mantou; Johnson, Matthew D.; Park, Sun Woong.
In: Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 01.01.2018.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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