Understanding how and why stress-related mindsets result in various outcomes is important for understanding how stress mindset interventions can promote well-being. Recent research suggested that mindsets about stress might work together with self-connection to predict well-being. However, the nature of those relationships remains unclear. Across two studies, we tested two models regarding how stress mindset, self-connection, and perceived stress related to various aspects of one's well-being. We surveyed both students (n = 188) and employed adults (n = 355) regarding their stress mindset, self-connection, stress, personal burnout, role-related burnout, life satisfaction, and psychological flourishing. Consistent with past research, self-connection buffered the negative effects of holding a maladaptive stress mindset on life satisfaction and psychological flourishing. However, this only emerged among college students and did not generalize to other aspects of well-being. In contrast, both college students and employed adults demonstrated indirect effects of perceived stress and self-connection on relationships between stress mindset and various measures of well-being. This is consistent with the idea that one's mindset about stress cultivates a recursive cycle that promotes self-connection and, in turn, well-being. Additional research is necessary to extend this research and understand how to promote self-connection and use it to facilitate greater well-being.

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压力心态和幸福感：自我联系的间接影响

了解与压力相关的心态如何以及为什么会导致各种结果，对于了解压力心态干预如何促进幸福感很重要。最近的研究表明，关于压力的心态可能与自我联系一起预测幸福感。然而，这些关系的性质仍不清楚。在两项研究中，我们测试了两种关于压力心态、自我联系和感知压力如何与一个人的幸福感的各个方面相关的模型。我们调查了学生 ( n  = 188) 和就业成年人 ( n = 355）关于他们的压力心态、自我联系、压力、个人倦怠、与角色相关的倦怠、生活满意度和心理繁荣。与过去的研究一致，自我联系缓冲了适应不良的压力心态对生活满意度和心理繁荣的负面影响。然而，这只出现在大学生中，并没有推广到幸福的其他方面。相比之下，大学生和就业成年人都表现出感知压力和自我联系对压力心态和各种幸福感之间关系的间接影响。这与一个人对压力的心态培养了一个递归循环的想法是一致的，这个循环促进了自我联系，进而促进了幸福感。