Relations Among Self-Esteem, Perceived Stress, Positive Affect and College Belongingness: A Two-Wave Longitudinal Mediation Study

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dc.contributor.authorHatun, Osman
dc.contributor.authorKurtca, Tugba Turk
dc.date.accessioned2026-04-25T14:20:15Z
dc.date.available2026-04-25T14:20:15Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.departmentSinop Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThe phenomenon of school belongingness and the psychological constructs that predict this phenomenon have long attracted the attention of researchers. Although cross-sectional studies have investigated the links between these variables, their lack of simultaneous treatment in longitudinal studies has left a gap in the existing literature. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the longitudinal relationships between self-esteem, positive affect, perceived stress, and college belongingness. To achieve this, we conducted a two-wave cross-lagged panel study to examine whether positive affect and perceived stress act as mediators in the association between self-esteem and college belongingness. The study participants consisted of 255 college students (Mean age = 20.23, SD = 2.49). The findings of this study indicated that positive affect and perceived stress play significant mediating roles in the longitudinal association between self-esteem and college belongingness. To put it simply, self-esteem indirectly predicts college belongingness through the intermediary factors of positive affect and perceived stress. This longitudinal study highlights the potential impact of self-esteem on students' levels of positive affect and perceived stress, underscoring the substantial mediator roles of positive affect and perceived stress as predictors of college belongingness.
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/00332941251335589
dc.identifier.issn0033-2941
dc.identifier.issn1558-691X
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0001-8408-7286
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0002-4361-3769
dc.identifier.pmid40241502
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-105002956921
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1177/00332941251335589
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11486/8461
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001469377600001
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ2
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSage Publications Inc
dc.relation.ispartofPsychological Reports
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WOS_20260420
dc.subjectSelf-esteem
dc.subjectperceived stress
dc.subjectpositive affect
dc.subjectcollege belongingness
dc.subjectlongitudinal mediation
dc.titleRelations Among Self-Esteem, Perceived Stress, Positive Affect and College Belongingness: A Two-Wave Longitudinal Mediation Study
dc.typeArticle

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