Positive correlations were observed among the scores of self-esteem and human flourishing (r = .218, p = .000), between self-esteem and self-forgiveness (r = .234, p = .000) and between human flourishing and self-forgiveness (r = .315, p = .000) (See Table 1).
The hierarchical regression was employed to partial out the relative contributions of gender, age, self-forgiveness and self-esteem in accounting for variability in the scores of human flourishing measure of the participants. The hierarchical regression analysis showed that the predicted value of human flourishing for males was 8.453 units higher than for females and 1.790 units for change in per year age change. Similarly, the value of R2 showed that 10.90% variations in the scores of human flourishing accounted for by combined effects of gender and age in model 1 (R2 = .109, F (1, 211) = 12.96, p = .000). In model 2, it was explicit that the predicted value of human flourishing increased by .292 units for each unit of self-forgiveness. Further, self-esteem accounted for 19.40% variation in the scores of human flourishing of the participants (R2 = .194, F (1, 210) = 22.06, p = .000). In Model 3, the predicted value of human flourishing increased by .185 units for each unit of self-esteem that accounted for 22.60% variation in the scores of the human flourishing of the participants (R2 = .226, F (1, 209) = 8.54, p = .004) (see Table 2). It is evident that age and gender cumulatively accounted for 10.90 per cent variability in human flourishing and the addition of self-forgiveness caused another 8.50 per cent change in the criterion measure. Lastly, the entering of self-esteem at level three accounted for another 3.20 per cent variability in human flourishing (see Table 2). As self-forgiveness, self-esteem and human flourishing yielded significant positive correlations, a need for understanding the mediating role between the rest two was necessitated that has been presented in the ensuing section.
Table 2. Summary of Hierarchical Regression Analysis for Variables Predicting Human Flourishing of the participants (N = 214)
Predictors
Model 1
Model 2
Model 3
 
B
SE
β
t
p
B
SE
β
t
p
B
SE
β
t
p
Gender
-8.453
2.130
-.258
-3.969
.000
-7.895
2.034
-.241
-3.881
.000
-8.709
2.018
-.266
-4.315
.000
Age
1.790
.593
.196
3.020
.003
1.675
.566
.184
2.961
.003
1.618
.556
.178
2.910
.004
SF
 
 
 
 
 
.185
.039
.292
4.697
.000
.157
.040
.247
3.932
.000
SE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
.749
.256
.185
2.922
.004
R2
.109
.194
.226
∆R2
.109
.085
.032
∆F
12.96**
22.06**
8.54**
Note 1: All standardized regression coefficients (β) belong to final step of the analyses. df Model 1= (2, 211) and Model 2 = (3, 208), Model 3 (1, 207)
Note 2: HF = Human Flourishing, SE = Self-esteem, SF = Self-forgiveness.
Note 3:*. Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level, **. Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level.