Wilson Fadiji, AngelinaKhumalo, I.P.2024-04-092024-04-092023-02Wilson Fadiji, A., Khumalo, I.P. Family values and social well-being: Do motives for activities mediate?. Current Psychology 42, 5001–5014 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-01740-5.1046-1310 (print)1936-4733 (online)http://hdl.handle.net/2263/95453DATA AVAILABILITY : The datasets generated during and/or analysed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.This study explored the extent to which the relationship between family values and social well-being is explained by well-being orientations. We investigated whether hedonic and eudaimonic motives for activities mediate the effect of family values of roles hierarchy and kin relations on social well-being. Using a cross-sectional survey design, randomly sampled participants from Ghana (N = 390) completed the Family Values Scale, Hedonic and Eudaimonic Motives for Activities scale, and the Social Well-Being subscale of the Mental Health Continuum. Using structural equation modelling, we tested for direct and indirect effects. The full mediation was well fititng (CFI = .910; RMSEA = .059 [90% CI: .052, .066]). Direct effects between roles hierarchy (family values) and social-well-being as well as between hedonic motives (well-being orientations) and social well-being were significant. The relationship between roles hierarchy and social well-being was mediated by hedonic motives. However, kin relations and eudaimonic motives had a non-sigificant relationship with social well-being. The empirical finding, of how family values as a cultural index intersects with well-being dispositional orientation in the promotion of social well-being, is helpful in the counselling psychology settings. This contribution is particularly relevant in an African sociocultural setting which is known to be characterised by interdependence.en© The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2021. The original publication is available at : https://link.springer.com/journal/12144.Family valuesHedonic motives for activitiesEudaimonic motives for activitiesSocial well-beingGhanaSDG-03: Good health and well-beingPostprint Article