A Construction Of The Theory Of Self-love And Study On The Relationship Among Self-love, Positive Characters, Mental Health

The purpose of this study is to investigate the connotation of self-love,based on the analysis of relationship between self-esteem, self-acceptance, self-affirmation in the self-system, and to confirm the factor structurel of self-love, to investigate the relationship among self-love, positive characters, mental health, negative events. A sample of 566 undergraduates was administrated with "Self-love Scales","Positive Characters Scales", "Mental Health Questionnaire(UPI)", "Negative Events Scales" Statistical analysis was used to measure the relationship structure of the four variables above, and the mediating effect of self-love between mental health and the others. After the statistical analysis, it shows: (1) Unconditional self-acceptance is the sufficient condition of self-esteem but not necessary condition, self-affirmation is the Psychological mechanism associated with self-esteem and self acceptance. (2)The characters of Self-love contains self-esteem, Unconditional self-acceptance and self-actualizing; the factor structure of self-love is formed by self affirmation and acceptance, self-actualizing, the dimension of self affirmation and acceptance contains two sub-dimensions which are self-esteem, unconditional self-acceptance. (3)Female college students were higher than male college students on the level of self-love, democratic parenting style of College Students were higher than neglectful parenting style of College Students on the level of self-love. (4)There is a significant correlation among self-love, positive characters, mental health, negative events. Self-love could predict the status of mental health. (5)Self-love has complete mediating effect in the relationship between positive characters and mental health, also between negative events and mental health. Conclusion:Self-love contains self affirmation and acceptance, self-actualizing of 2 indispensable parts, character training of self-love have a great influence on the formation of positive characters and the development of mental health.