Sense of safety, school identification, and well-being: The indirect impact of relational mobility

In: Social behavior and personality: an international journal, Volume 52, Issue 9, p. 1-13

Abstract

This study evaluated the impact of relational mobility on well-being, integrating the mediating effects of sense of safety and school identification. Participants comprised 373 university students who completed online surveys over 1 week, after which we used partial least squares regression
to analyze the data. The results showed (a) the direct effect of relational mobility on well-being was not significant, (b) relational mobility had a positive impact on sense of safety and school identification, (c) sense of safety and school identification had a positive impact on well-being,
and (d) sense of safety and school identification serially mediated the relationship between relational mobility and well-being. Researchers, educators, and policymakers can benefit from these new insights into how relational mobility affects Chinese university students' well-being and how
sense of safety and school identification contribute to its impact.