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Mediating Effect of Perceived Stress and Mental Health on Subjective Well-being in College Students

대학생의 임파워먼트가 주관적 웰빙에 미치는 영향에서 지각된 스트레스와 정신건강의 매개효과

  • Received : 2017.06.29
  • Accepted : 2017.08.28
  • Published : 2017.09.30
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Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine subjective well-being in college students and the mediating effect of perceived stress and mental health on the influence of empowerment. Methods: A descriptive correlational and cross-sectional research design was used. Participants were 275 students who were recruited from a university in Seoul, and completed the survey. Research tools were empowerment, perceived stress, subjective well-being and mental health (standardized MMPI-2 scale). Collected data were analyzed using SPSS and AMOS 23.0. Significance of the indirect effect was analyzed by the bootstrapping method. Results: Fitness of the modified model was appropriate (${\chi}^2/df=2.68$, TLI=.92, CFI=.94, RMSEA=.078, SRMR=.053). Empowerment had a significant direct effect on mental health and indirect effect through perceived stress. Perceived stress had a significant direct effect on subjective well-being and indirect effect through mental health. Empowerment had an indirect effect on subjective well-being through perceived stress and mental health. Empowerment, perceived stress and mental health explained 70.7% of the subjective well-being in the structural equation model. Conclusion: It is important to maintain good mental health in order to improve the well-being of college students. In addition, strategies to improve empowerment are required to reduce stress and promote mental health.

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