Anti-mattering mediates the relationship between social-responsibility misalignments and mental health problems in young people.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objectives

Mental health problems among university students are increasing in prevalence, and it is vital to understand why. The detrimental effects of misalignments between corporate social-responsibility values and those of employees have been widely evidenced. We investigated how misalignments between the personal importance of social-responsibility values held by students versus those of their university affected their mental health. It was predicted that anti-mattering would mediate relationships between misalignments in social-responsibility values and mental health problems.

Methods

Student participants (N=171) completed an online survey assessing the personal importance of nine social-responsibility domains together with the perceived importance of these d

SUBMITTER: Gooding P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12569645 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature