The Relationship between Prioritizing Positivity and Life Satisfaction: The Moderated Meditating Effects of Positive Affects and Social Connectedness

Key Points

• This research aims to investigate how prioritizing positivity affects life satisfaction, mediated by positive affects, and moderated by social connectedness.
• Conducted a survey with 382 young adults aged 18-34 in South Korea.
• Utilized both online and offline self-report methods.
• Analyzed the mediating and moderating effects of positive affects and social connectedness.
• Found partial mediation effect of positive affects in the relationship between positivity and life satisfaction.
• Confirmed moderating effect of social connectedness between positivity and positive affects.
• Validated moderated mediation, showing that social connectedness influences the link between positivity and life satisfaction through positive affects.

Abstract