@article{ref1,
title="Struggling or liberating? The effects of Machiavellianism on break-up distress",
journal="International journal of environmental research and public health",
year="2022",
author="Zeng, Peiyan and Jin, Wenjing and Shi, Yibo and Hu, Wanying and Geng, Yaoguo and Zhan, Tingting",
volume="19",
number="21",
pages="e14581-e14581",
abstract="Negative emotions caused by break-up are the key work of university students' psychological intervention. It is important to explore the specific factors of break-up distress for university students' psychological intervention. Therefore, we investigated 869 university students to examine the effect of Machiavellianism and psychological capital on break-up distress, as well as its gender difference. The results indicated that high Machiavellians experience more break-up distress. Moreover, through structural equation models, we found that as for female university students, psychological capital mediated the relationship between Machiavellianism and break-up distress. However, as for male university students, the mediation effect was not significant. It means that for female university students, psychological capital acted as the mechanism to connect Machiavellianism and break-up distress.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1661-7827",
doi="10.3390/ijerph192114581",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192114581"
}