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Struggling or Liberating? The Effects of Machiavellianism on Break-Up Distress

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  • Peiyan Zeng

    (School of Marxism, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China)

  • Wenjing Jin

    (School of Marxism, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China)

  • Yibo Shi

    (School of Marxism, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China)

  • Wanying Hu

    (School of Marxism, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China)

  • Yaoguo Geng

    (School of Marxism, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China)

  • Tingting Zhan

    (School of Marxism, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China)

Abstract

Negative emotions caused by break-up are the key work of university students’ psychological intervention. It is important to explore the specific factors of break-up distress for university students’ psychological intervention. Therefore, we investigated 869 university students to examine the effect of Machiavellianism and psychological capital on break-up distress, as well as its gender difference. The results indicated that high Machiavellians experience more break-up distress. Moreover, through structural equation models, we found that as for female university students, psychological capital mediated the relationship between Machiavellianism and break-up distress. However, as for male university students, the mediation effect was not significant. It means that for female university students, psychological capital acted as the mechanism to connect Machiavellianism and break-up distress.

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  • Peiyan Zeng & Wenjing Jin & Yibo Shi & Wanying Hu & Yaoguo Geng & Tingting Zhan, 2022. "Struggling or Liberating? The Effects of Machiavellianism on Break-Up Distress," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(21), pages 1-9, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:21:p:14581-:d:965071
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