To explore the mediating effects of character strengths and psychological resilience between life stress events and subjective well-being among medical students, 537 medical students were investigated, using a cross-sectional design, and evaluated by Chinese Character Strengths-24 (GACS-24), Resilience Scale (CD-RISC), Adolescent Self-Rating Life Stress Events Check-list (ASLEC), and WHO-5 Well-Being Index (WHO-5). SPSS 26.0 was used for descriptive statistics and correlation analysis; PROCESS 3.5 was used for regression analysis and mediation effect testing. The scores of GACS-24, CD-RISC, ASLEC, and WHO-5 were (3.43±0.44), (25.30±6.10), (39.23±27.44), (22.32±14.73). Life stress events were negatively associated with character strengths, psychological resilience, and subjective well-being (r=-0.21, -0.27, -0.22; P<0.001); Subjective well-being was positively correlated with character strengths and psychological resilience(r=0.52, 0.48; P<0.001); Three mediating paths were identified: (1) life stress events through character strengths to subjective well-being; (2) life stress events through psychological resilience to subjective well-being; (3) life stress events through character strengths and psychological resilience to subjective well-being. All paths were significant, the effect sizes were -0.077, -0.019, and -0.027, which accounted for 35.98%, 8.88%, and 12.62% of the total effect (-0.214), and the mediating effect values for character strengths and psychological resilience was -0.123, accounting for 57.48% of the total effect. The influence of life stress events on subjective well-being can be reduced by improving the character strengths and psychological resilience of undergraduate students.

Zhuoran Liang, Yulan Yu. Mediating Effect of Character Strengths and Psychological Resilience between Life Stress Events and Subjective Well-Being among Medical Students. Academic Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences(2025), Vol. 8, Issue 3: 50-55. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJHSS.2025.080308.

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