The Role of Positive Psychology, Cultural, and Family Factors on Hispanic/Latino College Students’ Depressive Symptoms and Subjective Happiness

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 206-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yvette Hinojosa ◽  
Javier Cavazos Vela
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Positive Psychology ◽  
Family Factors ◽  
Subjective Happiness ◽  
Latino College Students

The Role of Positive Psychology, Cultural, and Family Factors in Latina/o College Students' Vocational Outcome Expectations

2019 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
pp. 164-179
Author(s):  
Javier Cavazos Vela ◽  
Eunice Lerma ◽  
James F. Whittenberg ◽  
Yvette Hinojosa ◽  
Keely Rodriguez
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Positive Psychology ◽  
Outcome Expectations ◽  
Family Factors ◽  
Vocational Outcome

Ethnic Variables and Negative Life Events as Predictors of Depressive Symptoms and Suicidal Behaviors in Latino College Students

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 206-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward C. Chang ◽  
Elizabeth A. Yu ◽  
Tina Yu ◽  
Emma R. Kahle ◽  
Viviana Hernandez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Negative Life Events ◽  
Latino College Students ◽  
Suicidal Behaviors

Role of perceived social support in depressive and somatic symptoms experienced by Bedouin Arab and Jewish Israeli undergraduates

2018 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 359-378 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Abu-Kaf ◽  
Golan Shahar ◽  
Gal Noyman-Veksler ◽  
Beatriz Priel
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
College Students ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Emotional Support ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Somatic Symptoms ◽  
Somatic Complaints ◽  
Arab Students

Elevated levels of depressive and somatic symptoms have been documented among college students. Over the past two decades, there has been an increase in the number of Bedouin Arab students studying at institutions of higher education in southern Israel. To date, research on coping and mental health problems among students who are members of this ethnic minority has been limited. This study examined the role of three aspects of perceived social support – availability, satisfaction, and the ability to get emotional support – in predicting depressive and somatic symptoms among Jewish Israeli and Bedouin Arab college students. A total of 89 Bedouin and 101 Jewish first-year students participated in this study, which involved two assessment waves 12 to 14 months apart. Participants completed questionnaires assessing depressive symptoms, somatic complaints, three aspects of perceived social support, and demographics. At Time 1, Bedouin students exhibited higher levels of depressive and somatic symptoms and lower levels of all three aspects of social support. Regression analyses showed that level of emotional support was a prospective predictor of somatization at Time 2. Moreover, when levels of emotional support were low, ethnic group predicted depression at Time 2; emotional support predicted depression only among Bedouin Arabs. The present study highlights the importance of the use of emotional support in predicting somatic complaints and depressive symptoms specifically among Bedouin Arab students. Clinical implications on intervention programs for ethnic minority students will be discussed.

Stress-Amplifying Effects of Negative Social Exchanges Among Female Japanese College Students

2012 ◽  
Vol 40 (6) ◽  
pp. 891-901
Author(s):  
Yasuyuki Fukukawa
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Financial Strain ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Life Event ◽  
Social Exchanges ◽  
Negative Social Exchanges

The role of negative social exchanges that amplify the association between stressor and depressive symptoms was examined. Data collected from 121 female college students (mean age = 18.9, SD = 0.7) were analyzed to determine whether the effect of life event stress on depression differs depending on participants' negative exchanges with members of their social network. The results indicated that the association between the total number of experienced life events and depressive symptoms was not amplified by negative exchanges. However, analyses testing life events individually indicated that negative exchanges significantly amplified the association of depressive symptoms with life events that were related to participants' financial strain or salient social roles.

scholarly journals Exploring the Ideal and Belief Education of College Students from the Perspective of Positive Psychology

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 87-91
Author(s):  
Yingying Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
College Students ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Positive Psychology ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Mental Health Education ◽  
The Ideal

This article mainly explores the ideal and belief education of college students based on the perspective of positive psychology. This article first explains the current situation of college students’ mental health education, further elaborates the important role of ideal and belief education based on positive psychology, and finally points out how to realize the ideal and belief education vision among college students in the perspective of positive psychology for reference of relevant personnel.

scholarly journals FORGIVENESS AND HAPPINESS THROUGH RESILIENCE

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-132
Author(s):  
Subhan Ajrin Sudirman ◽  
Fitriah M Suud ◽  
Kana Safrina Rouzi ◽  
Dewi Purnama Sari
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Private University ◽  
Subjective Happiness ◽  
Subjective Happiness Scale ◽  
Mediational Analysis ◽  
Resilience Scale

The aim of this study was to examine the correlation between forgiveness and happiness among college students, with a particular focus on the role of resilience in mediating the forgiveness-happiness correlation. Participants consisted of 203 undergraduate students enrolled at a private university in center of Java who completed the subjective happiness scale, Heartland forgiveness scale, and Connor-Davidson Resilience scale. Result of mediational analysis cinfirmed the hypothesis, revealing the resilience partially mediated the correlation between forgiveness and happiness with the overall model explaining 27 percent of the variance in happiness. 

“My Counselors Were Never There”: Perceptions from Latino College Students

2009 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 2156759X0901200
Author(s):  
Vela-Gude Luti ◽  
Javier Cavazos ◽  
Michael B. Johnson ◽  
Fielding Cheryl ◽  
Alyssa G. Cavazos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
College Students ◽  
High School ◽  
School Counselors ◽  
Differential Treatment ◽  
High School Counselors ◽  
Latino College Students ◽  
Individual Counseling ◽  
Low Expectations

Eight Latino college students were interviewed to determine their perceptions of the role of their high school counselors. The findings revealed the following themes: (a) inadequate advisement, (b) lack of availability, (c) lack of individual counseling, (d) differential treatment, and (e) low expectations or setting limits. Despite insufficient services from school counselors, participants developed a sense of resilience and succeeded in higher education. A discussion is provided and implications for school counselors are presented.

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