The mediating role of acceptance of gender roles in the relationship between character strengths and happiness in women

This research was conducted to determine the mediating role of accepting gender roles in the relationship between character strengths and happiness in women. This descriptive-correlation research was of structural equation modeling type. The statistical population of this study was female students in Tehran in 2021; 300 people participated in this study by available sampling method from 5 universities. Data collection using the Attitude Toward Gender Role Questionnaire (ATGRQ; Kiani et al., 2008), The Values in Action Inventory of Strengths (VIA-IS; Peterson and Seligman, 2004) and Oxford Happiness Questionnaire (OHQ; Argyle, 1989) was done. The results showed that the proposed model has a good fit; Also, the results showed that character strengths and acceptance of gender roles had a significant direct effect on happiness (P<0.05); Also, character strengths had a positive effect on the acceptance of gender roles (P<0.05). Another result of the bootstrap test showed that acceptance of gender roles had a significant mediating role between character strengths and happiness (P<0.05). The results of this study indicate that character strengths have a direct effect on women's happiness through the mediation of accepting gender roles.