Affiliations: [a] School of Education, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, China
| [b] Psychological and Behavioral Research Center of Cantonese, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, China
| [c] Teaching Office of Psychology, Guangdong Industry Technical College, Guangzhou, China
| [d] School of Management, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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Address for correspondence: Yan-Gang Nie, School of Education, Guangzhou University, 230 Wai Huan Xi Road, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou, China. Tel.: +8613342885718; E-mail: psynyg@sina.com.
Correspondence:
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Address for correspondence: Yao-Zhong Liu, School of Management, Jinan University, 601 Huangpu West Road, Tianhe district, Guangzhou, China. Tel.: +8618819349858; E-mail: psylyz@sina.com.
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Previous studies have demonstrated that self-control is positively related to life satisfaction, but this association in Chinese employees and its underlying mechanism are less commonly investigated. OBJECTIVE: In this preliminary study the relationships between self-control and life satisfaction and the mediating effect of job satisfaction were tested. METHOD: Participants were 482 full-time employees (188 male, 294 female) from different cities in China. They answered self-report questionnaires online that assessed self-control, job satisfaction, and life satisfaction. Path analyses were conducted and bootstrap technique was used to judge the significance of the mediation. RESULTS: Self-control was positively related to both job and life satisfaction. More importantly, job satisfaction significantly mediated the association between self-control and life satisfaction. Furthermore, there was no significant difference in the size of the mediating effect between intrinsic and extrinsic job satisfaction. CONCLUSIONS: Results of this preliminary study provide further evidence of the positive association between self-control and life satisfaction. Job satisfaction is found to mediate this relationship.
