Relationship between the Perceived Stress and the Psychological Well-Being of College Students: Mediated Effect of the Character Strength and the Usage of the Strength

Objective: To investigate dietary habits, sleep and psychological well-being of adolescents and medical students during COVID-19 lockdown in Split, Croatia. Methods: We surveyed 1326 students during 2018 and 2019, and compared their responses with 531 students enrolled in May 2020. Perceived stress, quality of life (QoL), happiness, anxiety, and optimism were assessed as proxies of psychological well-being, using general linear modelling. Results: We found no substantial differences in dietary pattern between pre-lockdown and lockdown periods, including the overall Mediterranean diet (MD) adherence. However, the MD pattern changed, showing increased adherence to the MD pyramid for fruit, legumes, fish, and sweets, while cereals, nuts, and dairy intake decreased during COVID-19 lockdown. A third of students reported weight loss during lockdown, 19% reported weight gain, while physical activity remained rather stable. The most prominent change was feeling refreshed after a night’s sleep, reported by 31.5% of students during lockdown vs. 8.5% before; median length of sleep duration increased by 1.5 h. Lockdown significantly affected QoL, happiness, optimism (all p < 0.001), and perceived stress in students (p = 0.005). MD adherence was positively correlated with QoL and study time, and negatively with TV and mobile phone use in pre-lockdown period (all p < 0.001). Interestingly, higher MD adherence was correlated with less perceived hardship and greater happiness and QoL during lockdown. Conclusion: These insights provide valuable information for tailored interventions aimed at maintaining healthy lifestyle in young population. Given the numerous beneficial effects associated with MD adherence, modification of lifestyle through application of lifestyle medicine deserves a priority approach.

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How Does the Psychological Well-being (PWB) in the First Year of College Studies Predict Community College Students’ Academic Performance in Hong Kong?

Community College Journal of Research and Practice ◽

10.1080/10668926.2021.1882357 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-18

Author(s):

On-Ting Lo ◽

Tiffany Ip

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Community College ◽

Academic Performance ◽

Hong Kong ◽

Community College Students ◽

Well Being ◽

First Year ◽

Psychological Well Being ◽

First Year Of College

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Perceived stress and psychological well-being of working mothers during COVID-19: a mediated moderated roles of teleworking and resilience

Employee Relations ◽

10.1108/er-05-2020-0244 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Vartika Kapoor ◽

Jaya Yadav ◽

Lata Bajpai ◽

Shalini Srivastava

Keyword(s):

Perceived Stress ◽

Working Mothers ◽

Well Being ◽

Inverse Association ◽

Psychological Well Being ◽

Content Type ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship ◽

Practical Implications

PurposeThe present study examines the mediating role of teleworking and the moderating role of resilience in explaining the relationship between perceived stress and psychological well-being of working mothers in India. Conservation of resource theory (COR) is taken to support the present study.Design/methodology/approachThe data of 326 respondents has been collected from working mothers in various sectors of Delhi NCR region of India. Confirmatory factor analysis was used for construct validity, and SPSS Macro Process (Hayes) was used for testing the hypotheses.FindingsThe results of the study found an inverse association between perceived stress and psychological well-being. Teleworking acted as a partial mediator and resilience proved to be a significant moderator for teleworking-well-being relationship.Research limitations/implicationsThe study is based at Delhi NCR of India, and future studies may be based on a diverse population within the country to generalize the findings in different cultural and industrial contexts. The present work is based only on the psychological well-being of the working mothers, it can be extended to study the organizational stress for both the genders and other demographic variables.Practical implicationsThe study extends the research on perceived stress and teleworking by empirically testing the association between perceived stress and psychological well-being in the presence of teleworking as a mediating variable. The findings suggest some practical implications for HR managers and OD Practitioners. The organizations must develop a plan to support working mothers by providing flexible working hours and arranging online stress management programs for them.Originality/valueAlthough teleworking is studied previously, there is a scarcity of research examining the impact of teleworking on psychological well-being of working mothers in Asian context. It would help in understanding the process that how teleworking has been stressful for working mothers and also deliberate the role of resilience in the relationship between teleworking and psychological well-being due to perceived stress, as it seems a ray of hope in new normal work situations.

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Is smartphone creating a better life? Exploring the relationships of the smartphone practices, social capital and psychological well-being among college students

International Journal of Advanced Media and Communication ◽

10.1504/ijamc.2017.089346 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 7 (3) ◽

pp. 205 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Hua Pang

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Social Capital ◽

Well Being ◽

Psychological Well Being

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Psychological Well-Being in Chinese College Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Roles of Resilience and Environmental Stress

Frontiers in Psychology ◽

10.3389/fpsyg.2021.671553 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 ◽

Author(s):

Yuanfa Tan ◽

Chienchung Huang ◽

Yun Geng ◽

Shannon P. Cheung ◽

Shuyan Zhang

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Environmental Stress ◽

Well Being ◽

Life Outcomes ◽

Psychological Well Being ◽

Important Indicator ◽

Chinese College Students ◽

Positive Effects ◽

Negative Effect ◽

Using Data

Psychological well-being is an important indicator of well-being and has been found to be associated with a multitude of positive life outcomes. Using data collected from 1,871 Chinese college students from September 23 to October 5, 2020, this study examined students' psychological well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic and investigated how resilience and pandemic-related environmental stress may affect psychological well-being. Results showed that resilience had strong positive effects on psychological well-being during the pandemic. Meanwhile, environmental stress had a moderate effect and marginally reduced psychological well-being. The magnitudes of the estimates suggested that increasing resilience can effectively buffer the negative effect of environmental stress on psychological well-being.

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The Role of Psychological Well-Being and Life Satisfaction in Perception of Daily Stress

Counseling Psychology and Psychotherapy ◽

10.17759/cpp.2018260402 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 26 (4) ◽

pp. 8-26

Author(s):

L.A. Golovey ◽

M.D. Petrash ◽

O.Y. Strizhitskaya ◽

S.S. Savenysheva ◽

I.R. Murtazina

Keyword(s):

Life Satisfaction ◽

Perceived Stress ◽

Well Being ◽

Daily Hassles ◽

Subjective Well Being ◽

Life Domains ◽

Financial Health ◽

Satisfaction Scale ◽

Psychological Well Being

The present paper considers daily hassles in different life domains, reveals their connections to the level of strain and perceived stress, investigates the role of psychological well-being and life satisfaction in the perception of the number of stressors and strain caused by stress. Methods: Inventory of daily stressors (Petrash et al.), Scale of perceived stress (Ababkov et al.), Psychological well-being scale (C. Ryff), Life satisfaction scale (E. Diener), a survey on satisfaction with different life domains. Sample: 334 adults aged 20—60 (118 males, 216 females). Results revealed hassles in all the life domains. Most pronounced hassles in women were those related to health, loneliness, competitiveness, job; most pronounced hassles in men were job-related, financial, health and family stressors. Perception of daily hassles was associated with an increase in the levels of stress overstrain and perceived stress. The number of stressors and the level of overstrain was higher in women. Psychological well-being, subjective well-being, and financial satisfaction were shown to be direct positive predictors of the number of perceived hassles and the level of overstrain.

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