relationship between human rights victimization and happiness of university students

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to provide an intervention model to prevent the decrease in happiness caused by human rights victimization by analyzing the moderated mediating effect of the growth mindset on the path of human rights victimization to happiness through grit for university students. A total of 233 university students who took part in this survey were selected through purposive sampling. We did data analysis using SPSS PC + Win. Ver. 25.0 and SPSS PROCESS macro Ver. 4.0. Frequency, reliability, correlation, and moderated mediating effect analysis were applied. First, human rights victimization was negatively and significantly correlated with grit, growth mindset, and happiness. Second, the moderated mediating effect of a growth mindset on the path from human rights victimization to happiness via grit was verified. The human rights victimization of university students affects happiness through grit, and the growth mindset increases the effect of human rights victimization → grit → happiness path. This result will be used a new model to enhance happiness for university students.