scholarly journals Horizontal Collectivism Moderates the Relationship Between in-the-Moment Social Connections and Well-Being Among Latino/a College Students

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maryam Hussain ◽  
Carmen Kho ◽  
Alexandra Main ◽  
Matthew J. Zawadzki
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Sleep Problems ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Connections ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Ecological Momentary ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Momentary Assessment

AbstractSleep problems and poorer well-being may be particularly salient for Latino/a college students as they tend to experience sociocultural adjustments during this transitory time. Social connections, a correlate of health, change moment-to-moment for college students and may be experienced differently for people who more strongly endorse horizontal collectivist cultural values. We used ecological momentary assessment (EMA) to examine how in-the-moment social connections influence in-the-moment health, and how horizontal collectivism moderates the moment-to-moment associations. Self-identified Latino/a college students (n = 221) completed a demographic information and cultural values questionnaire and then responded to EMA measures on their social connections, affective and subjective well-being, and sleep for 14 consecutive days. Better in-the-moment social connections associated with better health. Horizontal collectivism moderated some, but not all associations between social connections and health. Social connections are multidimensional and differently predict in-the-moment health among Latino/a college students who more strongly endorse horizontal collectivistic values. We discuss implications for identifying vulnerable well-being moments among this understudied population.

Social support mediates the effect of forgiveness on subjective wellbeing in college students

2021 ◽  
Vol 49 (5) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Junxiao Liu
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
College Students ◽  
Subjective Wellbeing ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Interpersonal Forgiveness ◽  
Self Forgiveness ◽  
Social Support Scale ◽  
The Relationship

I explored the relationship between forgiveness and subjective well-being (SWB), and the mediating effect of social support in this relationship. Participants were 443 college students from Henan, China, who completed the Heartland Forgiveness Scale, Perceived Social Support Scale, and Subjective Well-Being Scale. The results show that both interpersonal forgiveness and self-forgiveness were significantly correlated with SWB. Moreover, social support partially mediated the effects of both self-forgiveness and interpersonal forgiveness on SWB. These findings extend prior research and elucidate how forgiveness can influence SWB in college students.

Give me a hug – More frequent everyday embracing is associated with better daily mood in lonely individuals

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastian Ocklenburg ◽  
Imke Marlene Malek ◽  
Jaqueline Sophia Reichart ◽  
Laura Katona ◽  
Maike Luhmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Positive Impact ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Infection Risk ◽  
Relationship Status ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Stable States ◽  
Positive Health ◽  
Daily Number ◽  
Ecological Momentary ◽  
Momentary Assessment

Embracing has several positive health effects, such as lowering blood pressure and decreasing infection risk. However, its impact on subjective well-being and daily mood has not been researched in detail, especially with regard to more stable states such as personality, feelings of loneliness or relationship status. Here, we used a smartphone-based ecological momentary assessment (EMA) approach to monitor the daily number of embraces and daily number of embraced individuals, as well as daily mood, in a sample of 94 adults over the course of seven days. We found that embracing frequency differs slightly over the week with embracing occurring more frequently on weekends than on weekdays. Using multilevel modeling, we found that loneliness and Neuroticism were negatively associated with daily mood. Interestingly, higher number of daily embraces were only associated with higher daily mood levels in individuals that demonstrated stronger feelings of loneliness. Daily embraces were positively associated with being in a relationship and Extraversion. Although our results are strictly correlational and do not indicate any direction or causality, embraces may have a positive impact on daily mood and thus subjective well-being in individuals with higher loneliness.

scholarly journals The relationship between mindfulness meditation and well-being during 8 weeks of ecological momentary assessment

Mindfulness ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 255-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oskari Lahtinen ◽  
Christina Salmivalli
Keyword(s):  
Ecological Momentary Assessment ◽  
Mindfulness Meditation ◽  
Sleep Problems ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Path Model ◽  
Upper Secondary Education ◽  
Upper Secondary ◽  
Ecological Momentary ◽  
Main Effects ◽  
Momentary Assessment

Abstract Objectives The main effects of 8-week mindfulness-based programs (MBP) on anxiety and depression are now supported by reasonably robust evidence. However, few to no studies have looked at whether and how these main effects come to be over the course of the MBP. The goal of the present study was to look at how meditation practice predicted changes in well-being, and vice versa, at a weekly level, within an 8-week online MBP. Methods The participants were 457 Finnish upper secondary education students who underwent an 8-week online MBP. App-based ecological momentary assessment data were collected on how many minutes the participants meditated (daily) and their anxiety, happiness, and sleep problems (weekly). These data were analyzed using a longitudinal (nine time point) path model. Results Participants’ weekly minutes of mindfulness meditation were a consistent, albeit weak, predictor of decreases in anxiety and increases in happiness. During the course of the study, answer rates declined from 75.7% (Time 0) to 27.4% (Time 8) for anxiety, happiness, and sleep and from 80.5% to 37.0% for meditation minutes. Conclusions Results suggest well-being improvement from mindfulness meditation is an ongoing process and that ecological momentary assessment is a promising methodology for studying it.

Optimism and dispositional hope to promote college students’ subjective well-being in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-96
Author(s):  
Emel Genç ◽  
Gökmen Arslan
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Life Changes ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Relationship

Coronavirus stress with the restrictions and unexpected life changes has affected individuals and their satisfaction with life. This study aimed to examine the mediating role of optimism and hope on the relationship between coronavirus stress and subjective wellbeing among young adults in Turkey. A sample of 331 (M= 20.86 and 64% females) college students participated in this study. The results demonstrated that coronavirus stress was negatively associated with the college students’ sense of hope and optimism. Moreover, coronavirus stress had an indirect effect on subjective well-being through optimism and hope. Optimism and hope mitigated the adverse impacts of stress on well-being during the pandemic. These results indicated that young adults with a high level of stress due to coronavirus have lower optimism and hope, which in turn have less subjective well-being. The study findings hence highlight that being hopeful and optimistic are the potential resources to explain how coronavirus stress is related to subjective well-being.

scholarly journals Daily Satisfaction With Life Is Regulated by Both Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior

2014 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 166-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaclyn P. Maher ◽  
Shawna E. Doerksen ◽  
Steriani Elavsky ◽  
David E. Conroy
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
College Students ◽  
Sedentary Behavior ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Assessment Study ◽  
Behavior Strategies ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
Ecological Momentary ◽  
Momentary Assessment

Recent research revealed that on days when college students engage in more physical activity than is typical for them, they also experience greater satisfaction with life (SWL). That work relied on self-reported physical activity and did not differentiate between low levels of physical activity and sedentary behavior. This study was designed to (1) determine if the association between self-reported physical activity and SWL would exist when physical activity was monitored objectively and (2) examine the between- and within-person associations among physical activity, sedentary behavior, and SWL. During a 14-day ecological momentary assessment study, college students (N = 128) wore an accelerometer to objectively measure physical activity and sedentary behavior, and they self-reported their physical activity, sedentary behavior, and SWL at the end of each day. Physical activity and sedentary behavior had additive, within-person associations with SWL across self-reported and objective-measures of behavior. Strategies to promote daily well-being should encourage college students to incorporate greater amounts of physical activity as well as limit their sedentary behavior.

scholarly journals Romantic (versus other) events and momentary affect: Immediate and lagged within-person associations among college students [PREPRINT]

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shari M. Blumenstock ◽  
Lauren Papp
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Romantic Relationship ◽  
Multilevel Models ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Life Domains ◽  
Dating Relationships ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Ecological Momentary

Given that affect is highly responsive to experiences representing current goals and values, and young adulthood reflects a period in which romantic relationships become increasingly important, this study explored the links between everyday romantic relationship events and momentary affect among young adult college students. Romantic events were then directly compared to academic and family events—two other salient life domains for these students—as predictors of current and subsequent momentary affect. Drawn from an ecological momentary sampling study designed to assess substance use, participants in dating relationships (N=130) completed four reports per day for 28 days (totaling 10,318 reports). Multilevel models tested within-person associations between positive and negative romantic events (broadly defined) as predictors of positive (e.g., happy, excited) and negative (e.g., sad, lonely) affect in the moment and beyond. Analyses included both event occurrence and event intensity models, facilitating event comparison. Models accounted for day-level effects and several relevant individual and relationship controls. Results indicated that positive romantic events were associated with immediate and lasting increases in positive affect and immediate (but not always lasting) decreases in negative affect, whereas negative romantic events were associated with immediate and lasting changes in both positive and negative affect. When significant, direct comparisons indicated that romantic events were associated with larger changes in concurrent and subsequent affect than academic or family events. Findings highlight the powerful role that young adults’ romantic relationships play in their emotional well-being, particularly in comparison to other developmentally and environmentally salient life domains.

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