4.1.6 Gifted Characteristics and Satisfaction with Life: Mediating and Moderating Effects of General Self-Efficacy
This study examined a newly developed personality construct, gifted characteristics (GC), and its relationship with satisfaction with life (SWL), while simultaneously investigating general self-efficacy as a mediating or moderating mechanism underlying the relationship between these two constructs. A total of 556 secondary school students in Hong Kong participated in the study. They were asked to complete a battery of questionnaires containing the related measures. Regression analyses demonstrated that general self-efficacy partially mediated the relationship between gifted characteristics and satisfaction with life. However, the interaction effect between gifted characteristics and general self-efficacy on satisfaction with life was not significant.
Author(s):
Daniel Shek
daniel.shek@polyu.edu.hk
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hong Kong
Professor Daniel T. L. Shek is Associate Vice President (Undergraduate Programme) and Chair Professor of Applied Social Sciences at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Professor Shek is a psychologist with research interests in positive youth development, family process, scale development, quality of life, program evaluation, addiction and spirituality. He has to date published 144 books, 394 book chapters and more than 650 articles in international refereed journals.
Alan Cheung
alancheung@cuhk.edu.hk
Department of Educational Administration & Policy
Hong Kong
Professor Alan C. K. Cheung is currently Professor in the Department of Educational Administration and Policy and Director of the Centre for University and School Partnership (CUSP) at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Johns Hopkins University and an Honorary Visiting Fellow at York University. His research areas include international education, reading interventions, school reform, and research reviews. His journal articles have appeared in top academic journals such as Review of Educational Research (RER), Educational Research Review (ERR), Journal of Educational Psychology (JEP), American Educational Research Journal (AERJ), and Reading Research Quarterly (RRQ).
Anna Hui
annahui@cityu.edu.hk
Department of Social & Behavioural Sciences
Hong Kong
Dr. Anna Hui is currently an associate professor and also the coordinator of the BDSS First Year Experience at the Department of Social & Behavioural Sciences, City University of Hong Kong. Her research interests include creativity and innovation, motivation and self-regulation, gifted and creativity education, lifespan development in creativity. She also served as the Chairperson of the Ad Hoc Committee of Reviewing the Curriculum Guide of Early Childhood Education, Curriculum Development Council of the Education Bureau, HKSAR.
Huimin Liu
huiminliu@cuhk.edu.hk
Jockey Club “Giftedness Into Flourishing Talents” Project
Hong Kong
Huimin Liu received her PhD degree in Gender Studies from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She is currently a research associate for Jockey Club “Giftedness Into Flourishing Talents” Project at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Her major research interest includes work-family dynamics, psychological assessment and gifted education.
Xiaoyan Sun
irisxiaoyansun@cuhk.edu.hk
Program for the Gifted and Talented
Hong Kong
Xiaoyan Sun received her PhD from the Department of Educational Psychology at Faculty of Education, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and currently serves as a post-doctoral fellow for the Program for the Gifted and Talented of Faculty of Education at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Her major research interest includes positive psychology, gifted-education, processes of self-regulation and motivational dynamics during goal pursuit.