It turned out that humble people have higher happiness and less tendency to be depressed



Studies have reported that humble people have higher

emotional intelligence , higher self-esteem, and higher well-being, resulting in a reduced risk of depression.

The More Modest You are, the Happier You are: The Mediating Roles of Emotional Intelligence and Self-esteem | SpringerLink
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10902-019-00144-4

Modesty promotes well-being through increased emotional intelligence and self-esteem
https://www.psypost.org/2020/06/modesty-promotes-well-being-through-increased-emotional-intelligence-and-self-esteem-57125

Previous studies have shown that 'intellectual humility,' which means ignorance of knowledge, affects human relationships, worldviews, and knowledge, but in the present age, intellectual humility is respected as a quality of leaders. Instead, it is pointed out that it is preferred that there is no intellectual humility, that is, 'I am confident in myself and do not change my view of the problem.'

Pointed out that the lack of ``intellectual humility'', which means ignorance of knowledge, causes many problems-GIGAZINE



Chuhua Zheng and Yanhong Wu, who study psychology at Peking University, have conducted new research on “humility” itself, not limited to intellectual humility. The two researchers conducted an online survey of 500 Chinese college students aged 18 to 49. In this questionnaire, the extent to which the subject perceives, understands, controls, and uses the emotions of himself or others is divided into two, the 'Modest Behavior Scale' and the 'Emotional Intelligence Scale'. Measured in two ways. In addition, subjects also responded to Morris Rosenberg 's self-esteem scale and were also examined for wellbeing .

Researchers found that high levels of humility correlate with emotional intelligence, self-esteem, and subjective well-being, while having a negative correlation with having depressive symptoms. did.

At that time, researchers also reported that higher emotional intelligence and self-esteem were associated with higher subjective well-being and reduced depressive symptoms. Mediation analysis showed that emotional intelligence and self-esteem mediate the relationship between humility and well-being. 'That is, humility predicts high emotional intelligence, and high emotional intelligence predicts high self-esteem, and high self-esteem ultimately predicts well-being.' Humility ultimately results in increased well-being, which reduces the risk of depression.



The subject of this survey was a Chinese university student, and researchers found that humility is an important norm in East Asia such as China, Japan, and South Korea. , I think it will lead to a higher self-esteem. It is also speculated that emotional intelligence is the ability to control the emotions of oneself and others, and that people with a high level of emotional intelligence are less likely to be depressed because they can cope well with negative experiences.

However, this study is limited in that it only targets Chinese, and the results of this study cannot be generalized to all cultures. In addition, it should be noted that the effects of different types of humility on well-being have not been clarified. On the other hand, it is an important finding that humility is the key to establishing well-being among Chinese, and it is thought that it will be useful in future therapy.

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