Social Capital and Quality of Life among University Students of Yasuj, Iran

(1) Background: Academic engagement has been reported in the literature as an important factor in the academic achievement of university students. Other factors such as emotional intelligence (EI) and resilience have also been related to students’ performance and quality of life. The present study has two clearly delimited and interrelated objectives. First, to study the mediational role that engagement plays in the relationship between EI and resilience on quality of life. Secondly, and similarly, to study the mediational role of engagement in the relationship between EI and resilience, but in this case on academic achievement. (2) Methods: For this purpose, four scales frequently used in the literature to measure emotional intelligence, resilience, academic engagement and quality of life were administered to 427 students of the University of Jaén undertaking education degrees. In addition, students were asked to indicate their current average mark as a measure of academic performance. Two mediational models based on structural equations were proposed to analyse the relationships between the proposed variables. (3) Results: The results obtained showed that emotional intelligence and resilience directly predicted students’ life satisfaction, but this direct relationship did not result in academic performance. In addition, and assuming a finding not found so far, engagement was shown to exert an indirect mediational role for both life satisfaction and academic performance of students. (4) Conclusions: The findings of the study support the importance of engagement in the design and development of instructional processes, as well as in the implementation of any initiative.

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Exploring Quality of Life, Stress, and Risk Factors Associated with Irritable Bowel Syndrome for Female University Students in Taiwan

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18083888 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (8) ◽

pp. 3888

Author(s):

Huan-Hwa Chen ◽

Chich-Hsiu Hung ◽

Ai-Wen Kao ◽

Hsiu-Fen Hsieh

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Risk Factors ◽

Irritable Bowel Syndrome ◽

University Students ◽

Life Stress ◽

Female Students ◽

World Health ◽

World Health Organization Quality ◽

Irritable Bowel

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common recurrent functional gastrointestinal disorder that impacts on patients physically and mentally. Studies on IBS have focused on adults, yet few studies have examined IBS among female university students. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of IBS for female university students and its related factors. Using a cross-sectional study design, a total of 2520 female university students were recruited in southern Taiwan. The structured questionnaires, including the Rome III IBS diagnostic questionnaire, IBS symptom severity scale, Perceived Stress Scale, and World Health Organization Quality of Life BREF questionnaire (WHOQOL-BREF) were used for data collection. A total of 1894 female students complete the questionnaires. The response rate was 75.15%. The results indicated 193 female students with IBS and the prevalence of IBS was 10.1%. IBS female students had higher levels of stress and lower QOL than non-IBS female students. The risk factors for female university students developing IBS were dysmenorrhea, food avoidance, class absenteeism, and the lower physical domain of QOL. It is advised to consider these factors when providing students with counselling and relevant services in the expectation of alleviating their IBS symptoms, reducing the incidence rate of IBS, and further improving their QOL.

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The association between social capital on health quality of life among adolescents

European Journal of Public Health ◽

10.1093/eurpub/ckx189.162 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 27 (suppl_3) ◽

Author(s):

P Svedberg ◽

A Morgan ◽

J Nygren ◽

M Nyholm

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Social Capital ◽

Health Quality ◽

Health Quality Of Life

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Quality of life, physical activity and burnout syndrome during online learning period in Brazilian university students during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cluster analysis

Psychology Health & Medicine ◽

10.1080/13548506.2021.1944656 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-15

Author(s):

Diana Vilela Azzi ◽

Júlia Melo ◽

Armindo de Arruda Campos Neto ◽

Paula Midori Castelo ◽

Eric Francelino Andrade ◽

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Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Physical Activity ◽

Cluster Analysis ◽

Online Learning ◽

University Students ◽

Burnout Syndrome

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Individual social capital and health-related quality of life among older rural Chinese

Ageing and Society ◽

10.1017/s0144686x15001099 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 37 (2) ◽

pp. 221-242 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

XIAOJIE SUN ◽

KUN LIU ◽

MARTIN WEBBER ◽

LIZHENG SHI

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Social Capital ◽

Short Form ◽

Health Related Quality ◽

Chinese People ◽

Individual Social Capital ◽

Related Quality ◽

Health Related ◽

Resource Generator

ABSTRACTNo study based on the Resource Generator has explored the association between individual social capital and health-related quality of life among older adults. This study aims to evaluate the validity and reliability of the adapted Resource Generator-China, and examine the association between individual social capital measured by the Resource Generator-China and health-related quality of life of older rural-dwelling Chinese people. A field survey including 975 rural-dwelling people aged between 60 and 75 years was conducted in three counties of the Shandong Province of China in 2013. Quality of life was measured by the Chinese version of the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36): scores of Physical Component Summary and Mental Component Summary. Cumulative scale analyses were performed to analyse the homogeneity and reliability of the Resource Generator-China. We constructed generalised linear models by gender to examine the associations of social capital with health-related quality of life. Our findings suggest that the adapted instrument for older rural-dwelling Chinese people can be a reliable and valid measure of access to individual social capital. There were positive associations between individual social capital (total scores and sub-scale scores) and health-related quality of life. Individual social capital had a stronger association with mental health among women than men. Future studies should be improved through a longitudinal design with a larger and randomised sample covering large geographical rural areas in China.

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