ABSTRACT

Although most theories in psychology suggest that increased insight is associated with a happier life, research is rather limited as to how insight facilitates happiness. Because insight is believed to help individuals in different life areas, such as romantic relationships, it can be argued that it may facilitate happiness indirectly through relationship satisfaction. Therefore, the current study examines the mediating role of relationship satisfaction in the relationship between insight and happiness. The data was collected from 185 undergraduate students in committed relationships through the Insight Scale, the Relationship Assessment Scale and the Oxford Happiness Scale-Short Form. The results of the mediation analysis confirm that there is a significant relationship between insight and happiness and that relationship satisfaction partially mediates this relationship. These findings suggest that insight may lead to a happier life because of the instrumental role it may play in establishing and/or maintaining romantic relationships that are more satisfactory.

摘要

尽管大多数心理学理论表明，洞察力的增加与更幸福的生活相关，但关于洞察力如何促进幸福的研究相当有限。因为洞察力被认为可以帮助不同生活领域的个体，例如浪漫关系，所以可以说它可以通过关系满意度间接促进幸福。因此，本研究探讨关系满意度在洞察力与幸福感之间的中介作用。该数据是通过洞察量表、关系评估量表和牛津幸福量表简表从 185 名处于忠诚关系中的本科生收集的。中介分析的结果证实，洞察力和幸福感之间存在显着关系，并且关系满意度部分中介了这种关系。这些发现表明，洞察力可能会带来更幸福的生活，因为它在建立和/或维持更令人满意的浪漫关系方面可能发挥重要作用。