TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Struggling or liberating? The effects of Machiavellianism on break-up distress
JO  - International journal of environmental research and public health
A1  - Zeng, Peiyan
A1  - Jin, Wenjing
A1  - Shi, Yibo
A1  - Hu, Wanying
A1  - Geng, Yaoguo
A1  - Zhan, Tingting
SP  - e14581
EP  - e14581
VL  - 19
IS  - 21
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1661-7827
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192114581
ID  - ref1
ER  -