Abstract
Emotional and psychological health is being recognized as one of the key determinants of an individual’s overall wellness. The objective of the study was to detect a sample of university students’ dominant lifestyle type with a focus on emotional aspect of health function. A sample of 280 university students in Taiwan was assessed by the Lifestyle Type Indicator (LSTI). The results indicated that the dominant lifestyle type for the sample of university students was Believer (Type B). A gender breakdown analysis showed that there existed a significant difference between male and female students’ dominant lifestyle type. Achiever (Type A) was the dominant lifestyle type among male students, while Believer (Type B) was the dominant type of female students. Through the extension of the assessment and intervention processes, the study will provide new opportunities for helping college/university students navigate and pursue meaningful life throughout the challenges and transitional phase of their university life.
Highlights
There is a longstanding history of people showing concerns over health, happiness and well-being
Specific research questions posted based on the purpose of the study are: 1) What is the dominant lifestyle type of university students in Taiwan measured by Lifestyle Type Indicator (LSTI)? 2) Is there a significant difference between male and female students’ dominant lifestyle types measured by LSTI? Results of the study would contribute to future lifestyle studies and lifestyle-related educational interventions for students in Taiwan in particular, and other Chinese societies in general
After thirty years of scholarly inquiry into the interrelationship between cognition and emotion for enhancing personal well-being and emotional health, the EI centric model of lifestyle derived from Nelson and Low’s emotional learning system serves as the a priori construct based on which a new 60-item forced choice instrument of emotional intelligence, the Lifestyle Type Indicator (LSTI), was developed [3]
Summary
There is a longstanding history of people showing concerns over health, happiness and well-being. Elaborating on the typology of physical, mental, and social well-being denoted to define “health” provided by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1964, the Lifestyle Type Indicator (LSTI) initiated by Darwin B. Focusing explicitly on psychological factors and mental processing that facilitate or impede emotional health, the purpose of the study was to investigate the dominant lifestyle type of university students in. (2015) The Dominant Lifestyle Type of University Students in Taiwan. V. Tang et al. Taiwan as a benchmark to inform emotional areas of health-related lifestyle that needed to be strengthened, as well as facilitated the design of health promotion initiatives for improving emotional functioning of university students. Specific research questions posted based on the purpose of the study are: 1) What is the dominant lifestyle type of university students in Taiwan measured by LSTI? Specific research questions posted based on the purpose of the study are: 1) What is the dominant lifestyle type of university students in Taiwan measured by LSTI? 2) Is there a significant difference between male and female students’ dominant lifestyle types measured by LSTI? Results of the study would contribute to future lifestyle studies and lifestyle-related educational interventions for students in Taiwan in particular, and other Chinese societies in general
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