Psychological Well-being Of Students Research Articles

Research of social expectations of university students in the dimensions of psychological well-being

The aim of the article is to argue theoretically and empirically study the relationship between social expectations and psychological well-being of university students. Methodological starting points of empirical research are outlined. Valid and reliable test methods are used to study the psychological content parameters of social expectations and psychological well-being. The results determined that the psychological features of social expectations and psychological well-being of student's youth are theoretically substantiated. It was found that the respondents have an average level of parameters of psychological well-being and social expectations, which indicates moderate life satisfaction and the presence of adequate orientation in the socio-psychological reality. The most formed components of psychological well-being are the balance of affect and meaningfulness, which indicates the awareness of their own lives by student’s youth. It is recorded that the respondents have the least formed - self-acceptance, positive attitude and autonomy.

Religiusitas dan Kesejahteraan Psikologis Mahasiswa Fakultas Dakwah

This study reveals the level of religiosity and psychological well-being of students at the Da'wah Faculty of IAIT Kediri. It describes the influence of religiosity on psychological well-being in the same students. The distribution of the religiosity questionnaire was based on Glock and Stak's theory, while the distribution of the psychological well-being questionnaire was based on Ryff's theory. The sample of this research is the population itself, considering the total population is less than 100. The data is processed using a simple linear regression formula. The result shows that the students' religiosity of the Da'wah Faculty of IAIT Kediri has a significant effect on psychological well-being.

Gender differences in the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on socio-economic and psychological wellbeing of students in Russia

Abstract Background Pandemic of COVID-19 had strong impact on young people in high education whose life plans, education prospects and personal networks were threatened. Based on theoretical framework of differential consequences of catastrophic events for less privileged groups, we explore the impact of pandemic (IP) on genders in student communities. Methods The C19 ISWS survey was conducted in spring 2020 by web-survey method among students of Russian universities (2738 cases). IP was measured in five domains: 1) socio-economic: subjective evaluation of economic wellbeing before and during the pandemic; 2) psychological (Depression Scale CES D8); 3) social ties: change in frequency of contact with family and friends, intensity of contacts in hours per day; 4) physical health (experience of COVID symptoms); 5) academic workload in hours before and during pandemic. ANOVA analysis was used to investigate strength of impact on gender groups after controlling for other factors (age, city, grade). Results Change of financial wellbeing experienced 39% of students with 4% significant difference between male and female students. Male and females had different mental reaction to COVID on few aspects - anxiousness (13 points difference), apathy (12 points), restlessness (9 points) and general depression (7 points), but not on social aspects as loneliness and isolation. IP was not differential for health (22% in average experienced the symptoms of COVID), academic workload (decreased hours per day on 5% for both genders) and social ties (strong decrease in contacts with friends, small decrease in contacts with family but similar by genders). Conclusions IP is strong and differential by gender for socio-economic and socio-psychological wellbeing, but similar for social communication and social ties, health and academic workload. These results may serve as a basis for forming more effective communication strategies and social support to mitigate IP for male and female students.

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on psychological well-being of students in an Italian university: a web-based cross-sectional survey

BackgroundItaly was the first European country to implement a national lockdown because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Worldwide, this pandemic had a huge impact on the mental health of people in many countries causing similar reaction in terms of emotions and concerns at the population level. Our study investigated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on psychological well-being in a cohort of Italian university students.MethodsWe conducted a cross-sectional survey in the period immediately after the first lockdown through the administration of a questionnaire on the personal websites of students attending their undergraduate courses at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. We used the Patient-Health-Engagement-Scale, Self-Rating-Anxiety-Scale, and Self-Rating-Depression-Scale to assess engagement, anxiety symptoms, and depression symptoms of our sample.ResultsThe sample size was 501 subjects, of which 35.33% were classified as anxious and 72.93% as depressed. Over 90% of respondents had good understanding of the preventive measures despite over 70% suffered from the impossibility of physically seeing friends and partners. Around 55% of students would have been willing to contribute much more to face the pandemic. An increase in the occurrences of anxiety was associated with being female, being student of the Rome campus, suffering from the impossibility of attending university, being distant from colleagues, and being unable of physically seeing one's partner. Performing physical activity reduced this likelihood.ConclusionsUniversity students are at risk of psychological distress in the case of traumatic events. The evolution of the pandemic is uncertain and may have long-term effects on mental health. Therefore, it is crucial to study the most effective interventions to identify vulnerable subgroups and to plan for acute and long-term psychological services to control and reduce the burden of psychological problems.

The Relationship Between Emotional Support With Psychological Well-Being In Students In Vocational High Schools

This study aims to determine the relationship between emotional support and psychological well-being in students. This research method is quantitative with a correlational approach. The variables in this study are emotional support as the independent variable and psychological well-being as the dependent variable. This research was conducted at SMKN 1 Grati with a sample of 333 students who were taken by the sampling method used was probability sampling method with simple random sampling technique. namely the sampling technique by providing equal opportunities for each element. Data analysis was performed by Pearson product moment correlation analysis using SPSS 23 for windows program. The results showed that there was a positive relationship between emotional support and psychological well-being for students at SMKN 1 Grati. The results showed that the correlation coefficient was 0.562 with a significance level of 0.000 <0.05, which means that the hypothesis in this study can be accepted. With an effective contribution of 31.6%, which means that emotional support affects the level of psychological well-being of students.

Attractive Spheres of Students’ Self-realization as Practices for Supporting Their Psychological Well-being in University Education

The study is aimed at finding the varieties of appealing spheres for realization of students’ potential in higher school. The authors substantiate and develop the concept of attractors for students’ self-realization, which designate the appealing spheres and forms of manifestation of students’ personal efforts and capacities in higher education. The methods of conceptual-applied reconstruction and psychological surveys are used to determine the attractive space for students’ self-development. The study identifies a group of potentially attractive spheres (learning-cognitive, research, sports-wellness, volunteer, artistic-creative, innovative-entrepreneurial, information-media, social-civic, sphere of cross-cultural communication). The study presents the results of diagnosing the subjective significance of these spheres for students of different specialties and different levels of self-realization in education. The conclusion is made about the tendency of influence of students’ involvement in attractive spheres on the success of their self-realization in educational environment. The prospects of applying and operating the category of attractors as socio-cultural predictors of successful self-realization and psychological well-being of students in the process of University training are shown.

Stress, learning, and psychological well-being: An integrated model

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused colleges and educators to change both curriculum and curriculum delivery models. These sudden changes in instruction, along with obvious external stressors on the students, have brought focus back on the role of stress on student learning and psychological well-being. Previous models of the relationships between these constructs do not incorporate advances in neuroscience, stress, learning, and psychological well-being research. Similarly, these models do not include the interactions between learning performance and psychological well-being. This paper integrates research in each of these fields to propose a more comprehensive model to help reduce student stress, increase learning performance, and improve student psychological well-being. Practical implications for educators and recommendations for future research are included.

Psychological well-being: the role of self-differentiation, Alexithymia and ego-strength

Introduction: Psychological well-being as a component of positive psychology is associated with a variety of personal and family factors in psychology such as self-differentiation, Alexithymia and ego strength. Aim: This study was aimed to investigate on prediction of psychological well-being based on self-differentiation, Alexithymia and ego strength in students in Islamic Azad University in Qom city. Method: Its method was descriptive and type of correlation. The statistical community included all students in Islamic Azad University in Qom city in academic year of 2016-2017, that 350 students (195 male and 155 female) were chose by cluster sampling method. Gathering data tool included Differentiation of Self Inventory (DSI), Alexithymia Scale, 4 factors of Catell's Sixteen Factors Personality Inventory, and Ryff Psychological Well-being Questionnaire. Data analyzed by using of SPSS-26 software with Pearson correlation coefficient and multivariable regression analysis. Results: Findings showed that self-differentiation, Alexithymia and ego strength could predict 25/38 variance of psychological well-being (P<0.001). Also there was direct correlation between psychological well-being with self-differentiation and ego strength, and was negative correlation with Alexithymia (P<0.001). Conclusion: With attention to results the role of self-differentiation, Alexithymia and ego strength in prediction of psychological well-being were important. It can be indicate that high levels of self-differentiation and ego strength, and low level of Alexithymia were salient in shaping of psychological well-being, and with diagnosing and improvement in selfdifferentiation, Alexithymia and ego strength can expect to promotion in psychological wellbeing in students.

Effectiveness of Group Counseling based on Lazarus Multimodal Approach on Psychological Well-being of Male Students

Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of group counseling based on Lazarus multimodal approach on psychological well-being of rural male students.
 Methods: This was a semi-experimental study including pre-test and post-test design, with control group. The study population included all male high school students in rural areas of city of Andimeshk in Iran. Thirty students were chosen through cluster sampling method who obtained the total score lower than average on the psychographic well-being scale, and randomly assigned to experimental (n=15) and control groups (n=15). The experimental group received 8 ninety-minute weekly sessions of multimodal counseling. The research instrument included the short form of Ryff Psychological Well-being Questionnaire. At the end of the sessions, post-test was performed for both groups. Data were analyzed by the analysis of covariance.
 Results: The results showed that there is significant difference between experimental and control groups in measures of psychological well-being (p>0/001). The final achievement of this study was the effectiveness of group counseling based on Lazarus multimodal approach on increasing the psychological well-being of male students.
 Conclusion: In general, the research findings indicate the role and importance of multimodal therapy in increasing psychological well-being.

Psychological Well-Being of Students With High Abilities and Their School’s Ecology: Is There a Relationship?

ABSTRACT There is a growing acknowledgment of the relationship between students’ psychological well-being and educational success. However, relatively few studies have focused on a connection between the psychological well-being of students who have high abilities and their school ecology. School-based experiences associated with interactions involving students, individual characteristics, contextual aspects and time-related factors are explored as they relate to the psychological well-being of students with high abilities. Psychological well-being in this article refers to students’ motivation, ability to cope with stressors, their expectations for the future, their involvement in the community, and their sense of life satisfaction. This position paper invites researchers, educators, and other school-based stakeholders to consider the importance of the interplay between students’ psychological well-being and the ecology in which they work.

Особенности психических состояний студентов в условиях режима самоизоляции накануне сессии

The article is devoted to the problem of mental states of students, who are in conditions of self-isolation, before the examination session. The results of an ascertaining experiment conducted among students during the period of restrictive measures in May–June 2020 are presented, the sample consisted of 55 students, age – 19–22 years. The aim of the research was to study the existence of a connection between the mental states of students and forced restrictive measures, including those related to studies, to assess the potential risk for the psychological well-being of students. As a hypothesis, it was suggested that the situation of forced self-isolation is an additional factor causing a decrease in the mental activity of a person, which contributes to the manifestation of neurotic reactions and provokes a feeling of loneliness. The study was conducted online, the control group was not formed. As a result of statistical data processing using the r-Pearson correlation coefficient, a direct negative relationship was revealed between the experience of loneliness (forced self-isolation) and a decrease in mental activation and interest of students, as well as a direct positive relationship with states of anxiety, frustration and obsessive states on the eve of the session. The results of the study can be used to develop programs for psychoprophylaxis, psycho-correction and psychological and pedagogical support of students forced to be in restrictive conditions due to prolonged illness, special health opportunities, extreme situations and, finally, the transition to distance education.

Psychological well-being: The impact of student perceptions on guidance and counseling teachers

The increasingly complex problem becomes a challenge for guidance and counselling teachers or counsellors as professional helpers. The ideal guidance and counselling teacher or counsellor figure is expected to answer the challenges of the current millennial era. The objectives to be achieved in this study are to obtain an overview of students' perceptions of the ideal guidance and counselling teacher and to find out the relationship between student perceptions and the level of welfare of Senior High School students. The research subjects of Senior High School students in Yogyakarta. The object of this research is, Perceptions of students, Figure of ideal guidance and counselling teachers, The level of well-being of students at Senior High School students in Yogyakarta. The method used for data collection using a questionnaire. The results showed a significant relationship between student perceptions of guidance and counselling teacher figures with the level of psychological well-being in schools. The counsellor's ability to understand himself and see a problem from the point of view of others will have an impact on students' perceptions of the counsellor. These results imply the importance of guidance and counselling teachers to continue to develop professionalism in schools so that students can be served well, and have an impact on the psychological well-being of students.

Pengaruh model Strength-based Counseling dalam LMS Schoology untuk meningkatkan kesehatan mental dan kesejahteraan psikologis siswa

Students’ mental health is one of the central issues during the COVID-19 pandemic. Various studies have reported increasing psychological disorders experienced by students. An effort is needed to help students improve their mental health and psychological well-being. This study reports the effect of online strength-based counseling (SBC) model through LMS Schoology. The randomized control trial experiment design performed to examining the effect of intervention on this study to students well-being, resilience and Health life style. This study involved 465 students who were randomly assigned to the first experimental group assign the online SBC through LMS Schoology, the second experimental group assign to the SBC by the paper based module counseling guide, and the third is waiting list control. Manova and Anova statistic analysis used to test the hypothesis of this study. The results of this study show that online SBC through LMS Schoology is an effective intervention to help students improve healthy lifestyles and behaviors, resilience, and well-being. The findings in this study have implications for the implementation of guidance and counseling services in schools as an effort to improve students' mental health and psychological well-being.

Students’ well-being in tertiary environments: insights into the (unrecognised) role of lecturers

ABSTRACT This qualitative study reports on the role of university lecturers in the well-being of undergraduate students. A sample of undergraduate student participants (n = 335) at a large, urban residential university in the Gauteng Province of South Africa participated in rapid, face-to-face interviews. Interviews were conducted by student fieldworkers during multiple 4-h blocks on all weekdays. Data were analysed by means of thematic analysis. Findings indicate that university lecturers play a substantive role in the well-being of undergraduate students. These findings are significant in that they have emerged from open-ended questioning. Furthermore, the role of university lecturers is frequently unrecognised in terms of the psychological well-being of students and rather articulated in terms of the academic task. The findings present the role of lecturers in student well-being in a multi-faceted way. It is delineated as lecturer support, benevolence, lecturer competence, lecturer availability, interaction, and the lecturer’s attitude towards their work.

Exploring the psychological well-being of postgraduate accounting students at a South African university

The challenges associated with higher education studies can impact significantly on the psychological well-being of students and can influence their academic success, even leading to anxiety, stress and depression. Factors influencing academic success in postgraduate accounting students have been well researched, but a dearth of literature exists on their psychological well-being. This knowledge gap necessitated an investigation into the psychological well-being of postgraduate accounting students at a South African university. In this descriptive study, a self-compiled demographic questionnaire, the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale, and the Zung Self-rating Anxiety and Depression Scales were used for data collection. A total of 115 postgraduate accounting students participated in this study. Students reported a high level of support from family and friends, but their vigour and absorption regarding their full-time studies were merely average. Self-reported anxiety and depression scores indicated mild to moderate anxiety (28.7%), marked to severe anxiety (7.4%), mild to moderate depression (42.4%) and severe depression (17.2%) amongst participants. Study-related issues led to 10% of participants receiving psychological and/or psychiatric treatment and 5% using psychiatric medication. This study creates awareness of and proposes practical measures to enhance the psychological well-being of postgraduate accounting students to ultimately support academic success.

KESEJAHTERAAN PSIKOLOGIS MAHASISWA SEMESTER AKHIR IAIN SURAKARTA DI TENGAH PANDEMI COVID-19

The pandemic has brought changes so wide in Indonesia, and also for the students psychological well-being. This research aims to describe psychological well-being the final year students of IAIN Surakarta. The research method used a qualitative method. Informants the research were 10 student semester 9. Technique of analyzing data through data reduction, data presentation and conclusion. The results showed the psychological well-being of students in the midst of Covid-19 pandemic was good, some was not good. Students who have good psychological well-being, are shown by having environmental mastery, autonomy, life goals, personal growth, self-acceptance, positive relationships with family, friends, and their supervisors. Subjects can be grateful for situation and take advantage of all limitations. Students who have poor psychological well-being tend to be often anxious, afraid, lazy and resigned to their situation without being accompanied by efforts to be productive, and unable to develop themselves in the midst of Covid-19 pandemic.

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on psychological well-being of students in an Italian university: a web-based cross-sectional survey

BackgroundItaly was the first European country to implement a national lockdown because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Worldwide, this pandemic had a huge impact on the mental health of people in many countries causing similar reaction in terms of emotions and concerns at the population level. Our study investigated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on psychological well-being in a cohort of Italian university students.MethodsWe conducted a cross-sectional survey in the period immediately after the first lockdown through the administration of a questionnaire on the personal websites of students attending their undergraduate courses at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. We used the Patient-Health-Engagement-Scale, Self-Rating-Anxiety-Scale, and Self-Rating-Depression-Scale to assess engagement, anxiety symptoms, and depression symptoms of our sample.Results The sample size was 501 subjects, of which 35.33% were classified as anxious and 72.93% as depressed. Over 90% of respondents had good understanding of the preventive measures despite over 70% suffered from the impossibility of physically seeing friends and partners. Around 55% of students would have been willing to contribute much more to face the pandemic. An increase in the occurrences of anxiety was associated with being female, being student of the Rome campus, suffering from the impossibility of attending university, being distant from colleagues, and being unable of physically seeing one’s partner. Performing physical activity reduced this likelihood.ConclusionUniversity students are at risk of psychological distress in the case of traumatic events. The evolution of the pandemic is uncertain and may have long-term effects on mental health. Therefore, it is crucial to study the most effective interventions to identify vulnerable subgroups and to plan for acute and long-term psychological services to control and reduce the burden of psychological problems.

The Relationship Between Weight Efficacy Life Style Dimensions and Perceived Parental Styles Dimensions with Psychological Well-being in Students

Background: Psychological well-being is a multidimensional concept that is typically defined as a mixture of positive affective states, such as satisfaction and functioning with optimum life efficiency. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between weight efficacy lifestyle dimensions and perceived parental styles dimensions with psychological well-being among university students. Methods: The statistical population of this correlational study was all undergraduate and master students of Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University in the academic year 2016-2017, of whom 180 students were selected through multi-stage random cluster sampling. They were assessed by Clark’s Weight Efficacy Life Style (WEL), Grolnick’s Perceptions of Parents Scales (POPS), and Keyes & Magyar-Moe’s Psychological Well-being questionnaires. In addition, the demographic questionnaire was completed. Data were analyzed by SPSS V. 24 using descriptive statistics and simultaneous regression. Results: According to the findings of the study, there was a positive and significant relationship between weight efficacy lifestyle and its two subscales of negative emotions and physical discomfort with psychological well-being, and there was a negative and significant relationship between perceived parenting style and all its subscales with psychological well-being. However, 36% of changes in psychological well-being were predicted by physical discomfort, mother’s autonomy support, and mother’s warmth. Conclusion: Overall, the findings of this study support the role of weight efficacy lifestyle and perceived parenting styles variables in student psychological well-being.

Estrategias de afrontamiento y bienestar psicológico en estudiantes del nivel secundario

El objetivo del presente estudio fue analizar la relación entre las estrategias de afrontamiento y bienestar psicológico en estudiantes del nivel secundario de una institución particular de Lima Sur. Se empleó el muestreo no probabilístico y la muestra estuvo conformada por 216 adolescentes, de ambos sexos cuyas edades oscilaron entre 12 y 17 años. El diseño es no experimental, de corte transversal y alcance correlacional. Se utilizó la Escala de Afrontamiento para adolescentes (ACS) elaborado por Frydenberg y Lewis (1993) y la Escala de Bienestar Psicológico de Ryff, elaborado por Ryff (1989). Los resultados obtenidos muestran que existe correlación entre el bienestar psicológico y las estrategias de afrontamiento: concentrarse en resolver el problema (chi=43.448a, p=.000), esforzarse y tener éxito (chi=46.797a, p=.000), fijarse en lo positivo (chi=47.263a, p=.000), buscar apoyo espiritual (chi=22.360a, p=.004), buscar ayuda profesional (chi=22.360a, p=.004), preocuparse (chi=26.931a, p=.000), falta de afrontamiento (chi=30.789a, p=.000), reducción de la tensión (chi=43.297a, p=.000), reservarlo para sí (chi=26.614a, p=.001) y autoinculparse (chi=39.270a, p=.000).

EMPIRICAL RESEARCH OF PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL – BEING OF YOUNG PEOPLE STUDYING AT REZEKNE ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY

This scientific article reflects the results of research on the psychological well-being of students at the Rezekne Academy of Technologies. The need for such research is justified by recent research in various countries, which shows that the prevalence and severity of mental problems among students is increasing. Overall, these studies indicate that students are increasingly experiencing symptoms of increased anxiety and stress, as well as depression. Thus, the deterioration of students' psychological well-being is a major challenge in today's higher education institutions.The aim of the empirical research: to study the content and peculiarities of the psychological well-being of students in relation to certain demographic and social factors.The analysis of scientific literature and empirical results were used as basic methods in the development of the article.