Keung Sum Chan
Tung Wah College, Hong Kong
Title: Evaluating predictors of psychological well-being among undergraduate students in Hong Kong
Biography
Biography: Keung Sum Chan
Abstract
The university population, especially undergraduate students, are at a high risk of developing different mental problems It is imperative to devise optimal measures or interventions to promote the undergraduate students' mental health. In order to attain these cardinal goals, this study attempted to examine predictors of psychological well-being (PWB) among undergraduate students in a self-financing degree-granting tertiary institution in Hong Kong. A cross-sectional, descriptive correlational design was adopted to test the study hypotheses. Convenience sampling was used to recruit participants. Eligible and interested students were invited to provide demographic data and complete the following six self-reported questionnaires: the Perceived Stress Scale, General Self-Efficacy Scale, Connor-Davison Resilience Scale, Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, Mindfulness Attention Awareness Scale and Ryff's Scales of Psychological Well-being Scale. The statistical analyses of data were performed including descriptive statistics and structural equation modeling analyses. Of the 2300 questionnaires distributed, 1156 responses were reported; however, 304 were found to be significantly incomplete, only 852 responses were used for the data analysis. Demographics revealed that participants were female dominated due to the vast majority of female nursing students came from the school of nursing. Undergraduate students who experienced greater levels of perceived stress were prone to reporting higher levels of the negative triad. Those with greater support from external factors (friends and others as well as support from family) indicated lower negative triad, whereas undergraduate students who showed greater levels of perceived control, external factors (support from friends and others), and internal factors (resilience and self-efficacy) were highly likely to experience higher levels of autonomy and growth.