Objective: To explore the mediating effects of self-esteem and academic self-efficacy on gratitude and core self-evaluations in rural junior middle school students. Methods: The Gratitude Scale, Self-esteem Scale, Academic Self-Efficacy Scale and Core Self-Evaluations Scale were used to conduct a questionnaire survey among 923 rural junior middle school students. The bias-corrected percentile Bootstrap method was conducted to test the chain mediating role of self-esteem and academic self-efficacy between rural junior middle school students' gratitude and core self-evaluations. Results: Correlation analysis showed significantly positive correlations between gratitude, self-esteem, academic self-efficacy and core self-evaluations (r = 0.30-0.56, P < 0.01); the mediation model indicated that gratitude had a significant direct effect on core self-evaluation, with an effect value of 0.094 and accounting for 21.91%. The mediating role of self-esteem and academic self-efficacy between gratitude and core self-evaluations was significant, with effect values of 0.225 and 0.027, accounting for 52.45% and 6.29%, and the chain mediating role of self-esteem and academic self-efficacy in rural junior middle school students' gratitude and core self-evaluations was also significant, with an effect value of 0.083 and accounting for 19.35%. Conclusion: Gratitude not only directly influences the core self-evaluations of rural junior middle school students, but also through the indirect path of self-esteem and academic self-efficacy, as well as the chain mediating path between these two variables.
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