Understanding happiness among university students: The role of general health, psychological well-being, and sociodemographic variables
Background: Happiness is an important dimension for university students since it can have a positive impact on students’ academic performance and social relationships. This research was conducted to investigate the role of sociodemographic variables in explaining individual differences in subjective...
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| description | Background: Happiness is an important dimension for university students since it can have a positive impact on students’ academic performance and social relationships. This research was conducted to investigate the role of sociodemographic variables in explaining individual differences in subjective happiness in a sample of university students and to test the mediating role of psychological well-being in the association between perceived general health and subjective happiness.
Methods: Participants were 504 university students (62% female; Mage = 20.97; SD = 2.42). The data was collected in person using self-report scales for measuring general health, psychological well-being, and subjective happiness.
Results: The results of the study indicated that students who study in the institution in which they want to study and students who were married or involved in a romantic relationship presented higher levels of subjective happiness. Additionally, the mediational proposed model showed that perceived general health was linked to subjective happiness through psychological well-being, specifically happiness and self-esteem.
Conclusions: Prioritizing happiness can help create a more positive and fulfilling university experience for students. This can be achieved by promoting student’s general health and psychological well-being. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4ff5364ecf5643e483e747170855556d2023-05-08T09:48:27ZengUniversity of MessinaMediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology2282-16192023-04-0111310.13129/2282-1619/mjcp-35892956Understanding happiness among university students: The role of general health, psychological well-being, and sociodemographic variablesEdite Mota0Tânia Brandão1Sonia Remondes Costa2<p style="text-align: left;" align="center">Departamento de Educação e Psicologia (DEP), da Escola de Ciências Humanas e Socias (ECHS), da Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD), Vila Real</p><p>Williams James Center for Research - ISPA – Instituto Universitário, Lisboa</p>Departamento de Educação e Psicologia (DEP), da Escola de Ciências Humanas e Socias (ECHS), da Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD), Vila RealBackground: Happiness is an important dimension for university students since it can have a positive impact on students’ academic performance and social relationships. This research was conducted to investigate the role of sociodemographic variables in explaining individual differences in subjective happiness in a sample of university students and to test the mediating role of psychological well-being in the association between perceived general health and subjective happiness. Methods: Participants were 504 university students (62% female; Mage = 20.97; SD = 2.42). The data was collected in person using self-report scales for measuring general health, psychological well-being, and subjective happiness. Results: The results of the study indicated that students who study in the institution in which they want to study and students who were married or involved in a romantic relationship presented higher levels of subjective happiness. Additionally, the mediational proposed model showed that perceived general health was linked to subjective happiness through psychological well-being, specifically happiness and self-esteem. Conclusions: Prioritizing happiness can help create a more positive and fulfilling university experience for students. This can be achieved by promoting student’s general health and psychological well-being.https://cab.unime.it/journals/index.php/MJCP/article/view/3589subjective happinessperceived general healthpsychological well-beinguniversity students. |
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| title | Understanding happiness among university students: The role of general health, psychological well-being, and sociodemographic variables |
| title_full | Understanding happiness among university students: The role of general health, psychological well-being, and sociodemographic variables |
| title_fullStr | Understanding happiness among university students: The role of general health, psychological well-being, and sociodemographic variables |
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| title_short | Understanding happiness among university students: The role of general health, psychological well-being, and sociodemographic variables |
| title_sort | understanding happiness among university students the role of general health psychological well being and sociodemographic variables |
| topic | subjective happiness perceived general health psychological well-being university students. |
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