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dc.contributor.authorMazzucchelli, Trevor
dc.contributor.authorPurcell, E.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T12:45:01Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T12:45:01Z
dc.date.created2015-11-04T20:00:29Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.citationMazzucchelli, T. and Purcell, E. 2015. Psychological and Environmental Correlates of Well-being Among Undergraduate University Students. Psychology of Well-Being. 5 (1): pp. 1-18.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/24788
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s13612-015-0033-z
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This study explored whether the university environment provides similar well-being enhancing elements to those that have been found in the workplace and school contexts. Whether psychological inflexibility accounts for well-being over and above personality and environmental influences was also explored. A representative sample of 163 undergraduate university students in an Australian university completed an online survey measuring the key constructs. Environmental influences assessed included financial resources, physical security, opportunity to use new skills, externally generated goals, variety, environmental clarity, interpersonal contact, and valued social position. Hierarchical multiple linear regression analyses were then conducted to test for predictors of three domains of subjective well-being: positive affect, negative affect, and life satisfaction. The results suggested that university context contributes significantly to undergraduate students’ well-being by providing a valued social role, externally generated goals, and variety. Students’ perception of their physical security was also an important influence on their well-being. These results are consistent with the literature on well-being and employment. Neuroticism significantly predicted negative affect, while psychological inflexibility accounted for unique variance in life satisfaction and negative affect even when personality and environmental influences were taken into account. The implications of these findings for enhancing undergraduate university students’ well-being are discussed.

dc.publisherSpringer
dc.titlePsychological and Environmental Correlates of Well-being Among Undergraduate University Students
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume5
dcterms.source.number1
dcterms.source.startPage1
dcterms.source.endPage18
dcterms.source.issn2211-1522
dcterms.source.titlePsychology of Well-Being
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This open access article is distributed under the Creative Commons license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

curtin.departmentSchool of Psychology and Speech Pathology
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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