A Preliminary Examination of Covitality as Integrated Well-Being in College Students

Autor/inn/en	Jones, Camille N.; You, Sukkyung; Furlong, Michael J.
Titel	A Preliminary Examination of Covitality as Integrated Well-Being in College Students
Quelle	In: Social Indicators Research, 111 (2013) 2, S.511-526 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0303-8300
DOI	10.1007/s11205-012-0017-9
Schlagwörter	Self Efficacy; Well Being; Adolescents; Mental Disorders; Psychology; College Students; Human Resources; Structural Equation Models; Life Satisfaction; Correlation; Personality Traits + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Mental illness; Geisteskrankheit; Psychologie; Collegestudent; Humankapital; Lebensvollendung; Korrelation; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal
Abstract	The emergence of positive psychology has generated increased interest about the correlates of positive psychological functioning. Researchers have identified and studied various positive psychological constructs (e.g., hope, optimism, self-efficacy, gratitude, and life satisfaction) and found them to covary and to be positively associated with optimal human functioning and negatively associated with mental illness. This study of 528 college students examined the co-occurrence of selected positive psychological traits and explored their relations with a proposed second-order latent construct called "covitality" and with psychological well-being. Structural equation modeling examined each first-order positive psychology construct related to the second-order concept of covitality. Findings supported the second-order latent factor model of covitality, which was also significantly related to indicators of psychological well-being. Implications for theory development related to understanding positive human resources and applications within the context of college student populations are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10