Individual wellness according to college students

• Autor(a) principal: Jardim, Maria Helena de Agrela Gonçalves
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Outros Autores: Silva Júnior, Geraldo Bezerra da, Silva, Rita Baptista, Alves, Márcia Lúcia Sousa Dias, Gouveia, Bruna Raquel Figueira Ornelas de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.13/4246
• topic: Values; College students; Individual Well-being; Success in life; Personal satisfaction; .; Escola Superior de Saúde

Aims:This study aims to identify the values of the dimension Individual Well-being, defended by the students of the University of Madeira (Uma), Portugal and the University of Fortaleza (UNIFOR), Brazil. Methods: this is a representative sample of University students (n = 605) 225 of the University of Madeira (UMa) and 380 of the University of Fortaleza (UNIFOR). The data were collected in the year 2017 in all centres of universities. As inclusion criteria 18-24 years’students the students of 18-24 years attending graduate courses. We used the structured questionnaire on values (adapted from the European Values Survey), composed of 30 questions, grouped by 6 dimensions: Individual well-being; Interpersonal Relationships; Participation and Social intervention; Ethics and Sense of life; Family and socio-political values. Ethical issues and ethical rules were respected. This article focuses only one-dimension well-being encompassing issues of personal satisfaction, physical/psychological well-being and conception of success in life. Results: the majority are female (65.3% UMa and 74.2% UNIFOR) and single (96.0% UMa and 96.3% UNIFOR). With regard to the Individual well-being much of the population refers to feelings of instability (53.8% UMa and 53.2% UNIFOR) and anxiety (36.1% UMa and 41.6% UNIFOR). As for the personal satisfaction a significant percentage of students are not satisfied with your luck (UMa 48.8% and 38.4% UNIFOR), health (UMa 47.6% and UNIFOR 23.4%), work (42.6% UMa and 42.4% UNIFOR) and your social position (UMa 37.4% and UNIFOR 24.8%), being the most valued satisfaction aspects the family (UMa 92.4% and 93.4% UNIFOR), health (Uma 92% and UNIFOR 76.6%) and have a good job (UMa 91.6% and UNIFOR 96.8%). In contrast, the less valuable is to have influence and power (UMa 52.5% and UNIFOR 57.9%). The majority considers to be people with success in life (UMA57.8% and UNIFOR 85.8%), on the understanding that the success in life is to have a happy family (Uma 72.4%) and to be a good person (57.8% UMa). Conclusions: this study is intended as a contribution to further research in this field, because the knowledge of the Individual well-being of college students provides the establishment of programs directed to mental health, with interventions of prevention and promotion of health that are aimed at improving the quality of life and well-being.