Positive Psychology of Malaysian University Students : Impacts of Engagement, Motivation, Self-Compassion, and Well-being on Mental Health
Malaysia plays a key role in education of the Asia Pacific, expanding its scholarly output rapidly. However, mental health of Malaysian students is challenging, and their helpseeking is low because of stigma. This study explored the relationships between mental health and positive psychological cons...
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG
2019
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| Online Access: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/28647/1/Positive%20Psychology1.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/28647/ https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11469-019-00169-z |
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| Summary: | Malaysia plays a key role in education of the Asia Pacific, expanding its scholarly output rapidly. However, mental health of Malaysian students is challenging, and their helpseeking is low because of stigma. This study explored the relationships between mental health and positive psychological constructs (academic engagement, motivation, selfcompassion, and well-being), and evaluated the relative contribution of each positive
psychological construct to mental health in Malaysian students. An opportunity sample of 153 students completed the measures regarding these constructs. Correlation, regression, and mediation analyses were conducted. Engagement, amotivation, self-compassion, and
well-being were associated with, and predicted large variance in mental health. Selfcompassion was the strongest independent predictor of mental health among all the positive psychological constructs. Findings can imply the strong links between mental health and positive psychology, especially self-compassion. Moreover, intervention studies to examine the effects of self-compassion training on mental health of Malaysian
students appear to be warranted. |
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