scholarly journals SELF-ESTEEM AND DEPRESSION AMONG VIETNAMESE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-121
Author(s):  
Thi Truc Quynh Ho ◽  
The Hai Hoang
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
University Students ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Intervention Strategies ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Central Vietnam ◽  
Health Factors ◽  
Mental Health Factors ◽  
The Relationship

Research and theories on gender differences in self-esteem and depression as well as the relationship between self-esteem and depression play an important role in the field of psychology. In the current study, we explore these two issues with Vietnamese university students. The levels of self-esteem and depression were assessed with a sample of 859 university students drawn from three universities in central Vietnam. The results showed that Vietnamese university students have moderate self-esteem and most do not suffer from depression. As expected, the male students reported significantly higher self-esteem than theirfemale fellows; however, the female students reported higher levels of depression than the male ones. The results also revealed that self-esteem was negatively correlated with depression. The research contributes to the understanding of the gender differences between the two mental health factors and the relationship between them among Vietnamese university students. These findings are important to the development of intervention strategies that help improve self-esteem and prevent depression in university students.

scholarly journals Gender differences in attachment anxiety and avoidance and their association with psychotherapy use – Examining students from a German university

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rainer Weber ◽  
Lukas Eggenberger ◽  
Christoph Stosch ◽  
Andreas Walther
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
University Students ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Attachment Anxiety ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Attachment Avoidance ◽  
Psychiatric Syndrome ◽  
Patient Health

Background: Attachment anxiety and avoidance have been insufficiently studied in relation to psychotherapy use. Attachment theory, specifically attachment anxiety and avoidance, might explain gender differences in psychotherapy use, which is generally lower in those identifying as male. In addition, university students are a particularly vulnerable group for mental health problems, and understanding psychotherapy use, especially among mentally distressed male students, is pivotal.Methods: A total of 44,299 students from a German university were invited to participate in an online survey on the topic of "studying with mental stress", and 4,894 completed the survey (adjusted response rate of 11.04%). The students answered questions regarding psychotherapy use, and they completed the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-D) identifying syndromes of depression, anxiety, alcohol use, somatoform and eating disorders. In addition, the Experiences in Close Relationships – Revised (ECR-RD12) questionnaire, was used to measure attachment anxiety and avoidance.Results: Significant gender differences for attachment anxiety and avoidance emerged showing higher attachment anxiety in female students and higher attachment avoidance in male students. In addition, male students used psychotherapy significantly less than female students, and they also intended less to use psychotherapy in the near future. Male students did not differ from female students with regard to mental distress. When exploring regressions to predict psychotherapy use, male students’ attachment anxiety and avoidance predicted use. For female students, only attachment anxiety emerged as a significant predictor. Attachment anxiety further emerged as a significant moderator of the association between suffering from a depressive or somatoform syndrome and current psychotherapy use. In essence, students not presenting a psychiatric syndrome and exhibiting higher attachment anxiety were more likely to use psychotherapy.Conclusion: Attachment anxiety and avoidance are positively associated with psychotherapy use; however, gender differences in attachment anxiety and avoidance may partially explain lower psychotherapy use in male university students. Lower attachment anxiety in male students emerges as a relevant factor explaining lower psychotherapy use in males, which is not balanced by higher attachment avoidance in males.

scholarly journals THE INFLUENCE OF PARENTAL AND PEER ATTACHMENT ON SELF-ESTEEM AT LATE ADOLESCENCE

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 195-199
Author(s):  
Migena Kecaj ◽  
Edmond Rapti ◽  
Aigars Andersons
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Significant Positive Correlation ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Late Adolescence ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Peer Attachment ◽  
Demographic Questionnaire ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Insight Into

The present study investigates the relationship between parent and peer attachment bonds on the development of self-esteem during late adolescence. The sample was randomly selected. Data was collected from 387 participants including 166 male and 221 female students from seven high schools of the Shkoder Municipality in Albania. A self-developed Demographic Questionnaire, Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment (Armsden & Greenberg, 1987) and Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale (Rosenberg, 1965) were administered. A Pearson Correlation and Independent sample t-test were applied. Specific attention is focused on the assessment of attachment in adolescence. The results show the existence of a significant positive correlation between parental/peer attachment and self-esteem. Concerning gender differences during late adolescence, females showed higher attachment with parents and peers than males, but there were no gender differences in self-esteem. This research enables us to develop new insight into the importance of parent and peer attachment for a healthy adolescence.

Gender Differences, Social Loss Aversion and Sports Performance in Japanese Schoolchildren

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 14-30
Author(s):  
Yasuhiro Nakamoto ◽  
Masayuki Sato
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Loss Aversion ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Social Risk ◽  
Competitive Sports ◽  
Sports Performance ◽  
Social Loss ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Reference Person

In this paper, we investigated the relationship between social loss aversion and the competitive sports performance. We found that social loss aversion significantly affected the competitive sports performance in a homogeneous group of male students, but not female students, and that these effects were consistent across various sports drills. In particular, the gender of a reference person was pivotal to determining the effects of social loss aversion. We also showed that social risk aversion did not significantly affect performance in competitive sports drills.

The Relationship Between Witnessing Bullying, Defending Targets, and Internalizing Symptoms: An Analysis of Gender Differences Among Sixth-Grade Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 2156759X2110581
Author(s):  
Aida Midgett ◽  
Diana M. Doumas ◽  
Matt Peck ◽  
Amanda Windburn
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Gender Differences ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Internalizing Symptoms ◽  
Sixth Grade ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Sixth Grade Students ◽  
The Relationship

We examined the moderating effect of gender on witnessing bullying, defending, and internalizing symptoms among sixth-grade students at one middle school in the northwestern United States. Results indicated that for females, witnessing bullying was positively associated with depressive symptoms and social anxiety, whereas for males, defending was positively associated with depressive symptoms. Findings suggest the importance of equipping female students with strategies to cope with witnessing bullying and providing male students with appropriate intervention skills for defending targets.

scholarly journals Gender Difference in the Relationship of Physical Activity and Subjective Happiness Among Chinese University Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenning Jiang ◽  
Jin Luo ◽  
Hannan Guan
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Gender Difference ◽  
University Students ◽  
Sedentary Behavior ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Subjective Happiness ◽  
Chinese University ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Background: Gender makes a difference in health and physical activity (PA). This research aimed to identify the gender difference in the relationship of PA and subjective happiness among Chinese university students.Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted in Shanghai Jiao Tong University from July 7 to 17 in 2021, using an anonymous online self-report questionnaire. The questionnaire included the Chinese version of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short Form (IPAQ-SF), the Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS), the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21(DASS-21). The demographic and health-related factors were also reported. Linear regression was carried out to identify the relationship of PA and subjective happiness.Findings: In total, 1,512 students (1,108 males and 404 females) from three comprehensive schools completed the survey. The SHS score was 17.20 ± 3.44, and it was 17.00 ± 3.23 in males, and 17.75 ± 3.93 in females, respectively (p < 0.001). There was no gender difference in vigorous, moderate PA, or walk min/week, while female students had longer sedentary behavior hours/day than males. Male students scored higher in each subscale of DASS-21. After controlling for confounders, vigorous PA min/week (β = 0.002, p = 0.002) and sedentary behavior hours/day (β = 0.168, p = 0.005) were significantly positively associated with happiness in male students. In contrast, walk min/week (2= 0.002, p = 0.005) was significantly positively associated with happiness in female students.Interpretation: This research demonstrated a significant gender difference in the association between PA and happiness. Policymakers and college management should pay more attention to PA programs to promote students’ happiness and mental health status.

scholarly journals To explore how stress and depression associates with wellbeing of university students in Eastern Nigeria by gender

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 312-322
Author(s):  
Ezenna Michael Agwu
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
University Students ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Cross River State ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Background: Few studies in the past examined student’s health status and lifestyle behaviours, however, none have examined how student’s wellbeing is being influenced by stress and depression among university students in eastern Nigeria. This is the first study in Nigeria to gauge the relationship between students mental health status with wellbeing. The study went further to examined how the relationship of stress and depression transmits through gender among the students. Aims: The aim of this study is to explore the relationship of stress and depression with students’ wellbeing and gender. Method: This is a cross sectional descriptive study. Full time university students were recruited from the department of public health in the University of Calabar, Cross River state Nigeria. Data collection was based on an anonymous questionnaire and the sample size was (n= 291). Descriptive tests and chi-square tests were conducted. Results: The study indicated that female students reported higher stress and depression than their male counterparts. Secondly the study shows that female students had a better wellbeing and health status than male students. Conclusion: This study is the first to gauge the association of stress and depression with wellbeing and gender of university students in Nigeria. The result indicated that though female students reported higher stress and depression than male students however, on the contrary they reported better wellbeing index than their male counterparts that even reported lower stress and depression.

scholarly journals Gender Based Study of Relationship Between Motivation for Reading and Motivation for Learning in University Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 249-255
Author(s):  
Asghar Ali Shah ◽  
Muhammad Ali Shah
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Motivation For Learning ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
Age Range ◽  
The Relationship

The study investigated the relationship between motivation for learning and motivation for reading among university students. A convenient sample of N=300 male and female students was drawn from Punjab University Lahore, Pakistan with age range of 18 to 23 years. Two questionnaires, Motivation for Reading and Motivated strategies for learning were administered on the sample. Results indicates that female students were significantly higher on both, motivation for learning and motivation for reading as compared to male students. Correlational analysis revealed a significant and positive relationship between motivation for learning and motivation for reading. Finally, linear regression analysis revealed that reading motivation is a significantly predictor of learning motivation.

Social Media Usage, Psychosocial Wellbeing and Academic Performance

2021 ◽  
pp. 0272684X2110334
Author(s):  
Beneyam Lake Yimer
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Media Usage ◽  
Psychosocial Wellbeing ◽  
Dire Dawa ◽  
The Relationship

Psychosocial wellbeing questionnaires were administered to Dire Dawa Polytechnic college students ( n, 204) to examine the interrelationship of social media usage, psychosocial wellbeing, and academic performance. The result revealed that male students use social media for the reason of making new relationships and female participants used social media to maintain the relationship, those students who spend more time on Facebook followed by telegram and Whatsapp. Results of the Pearson correlation indicated that the academic performance of students negatively correlated and significantly with social media usage (telegram, Facebook, and Whatsapp), while they are positively correlated with self-esteem. Besides, depression correlated positively with telegram, Facebook, and Whatsapp usage. Facebook usage was significantly and negatively correlated with students' self-esteem and social anxiety. Moreover, female students were low self-esteem and more depressed than male students regarding social media usage. Students who had a low level of social media usage are better in their psychosocial wellbeing than those students who had a high and moderate level of media usage.

scholarly journals SOCIAL SUPPORT AMONG VIETNAMESE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS: EVIDENCE OF GENDER DIFFERENCES

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 69
Author(s):  
Ho Thi Truc Quynh
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Gender Differences ◽  
University Students ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Social Support Scale ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
And Gender ◽  
High Level

Social support is considered to be an important element of relationships. Previous studies have provided evidence that low social support is closely related to poor physical and mental health. Gender has an important influence on social support for university students; however, research on the level of social support and differences in social support by gender for Vietnamese university students is still lacking. The current study aims to investigate the level of social support and gender differences in social support for Vietnamese university students. A total of 859 Vietnamese university students have completed the Perceived Social Support Scale (PSSS). The results revealed that Vietnamese university students have a high level of social support and that male students have a lower level of social support than female students. Factors that may contribute to gender differences in social support are discussed. These findings have important implications for the development of interventions to provide gender-based social support.

scholarly journals Self esteem and student participation in the activities of physical education and sport at high school education in Algeria Hechaichi Abdelouaheb & Yaqub Al Eid

2010 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Hechaichi Abdelouaheb ◽  
Yaqub Al Eid
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Gender Differences ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Female Students ◽  
The Self ◽  
High School Education ◽  
Male Students ◽  
High Participation ◽  
The Difference

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the difference between high school female and male students regarding participation in the lessons of physical education and self-esteem. The sample of this study comprised 305 students (136 males, 169 females). The Rosenberg self-esteem scale, and the Fox and Corbin physical self perception profile were administered to them. Results of the study revealed significant differences in self-esteem, particularly in physical self-esteem between students with high participation and students with low participation in physical education, as well as gender differences in self-esteem especially among students with low participation in the lesson of physical education. Results also demonstrated that the participation of female students in the lesson of physical education was not affected by the self esteem level. 

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