Jahanbakhsh S, Kraskian Mujembari A, Jomehri F. (2025). The mediating role of acceptance of gender roles in the relationship between character strengths and happiness in women.
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13(11), 105-114.
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1- Ph.D Student of Psychology, Department of Psychology, Saveh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Saveh, Iran.
2- Assistant Professor, Department Of Psychology, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran. , adis.kraskian@kiau.ac.ir
3- Assistant Professor, Faculty of Psychology and Education, Allameh Tabatabaei University, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract: (514 Views)
This research was conducted to determine the mediating role of accepting gender roles in the relationship between character strengths and happiness in women. This descriptive-correlation research was of structural equation modeling type. The statistical population of this study was female students in Tehran in 2021; 300 people participated in this study by available sampling method from 5 universities. Data collection using the Attitude Toward Gender Role Questionnaire (ATGRQ; Kiani et al., 2008), The Values in Action Inventory of Strengths (VIA-IS; Peterson and Seligman, 2004) and Oxford Happiness Questionnaire (OHQ; Argyle, 1989) was done. The results showed that the proposed model has a good fit; Also, the results showed that character strengths and acceptance of gender roles had a significant direct effect on happiness (P<0.05); Also, character strengths had a positive effect on the acceptance of gender roles (P<0.05). Another result of the bootstrap test showed that acceptance of gender roles had a significant mediating role between character strengths and happiness (P<0.05). The results of this study indicate that character strengths have a direct effect on women's happiness through the mediation of accepting gender roles.
Type of Article:
Research |
Subject:
Social psychology Received: 2024/10/3 | Accepted: 2024/10/13 | ePublished: 2025/01/29