THINKING STYLES, PERCEIVED STRESS AND LIFE SATISFACTION

• Authors: Bavolar Jozef
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This study investigates the relationship between rational and experiential thinking styles, perceived stress and life satisfaction in university students. The research sample included 259 students (56.8% females, Mage = 21.57) of psychology and informatics. Lower stress and higher life satisfaction are predominantly related to the thinking style preferred by the given gender – the rational style in males and the experiential style in females. More positive results in stress and life satisfaction were observed in the groups scoring higher in both styles compared to those scoring lower in both thinking styles. The relationships between thinking style preferred by the given gender and life satisfaction are mediated by the perceived stress. The present results indicate the possibility of increasing life satisfaction through changing information processing modes.

Keywords

EN

THINKING; RATIONALITY; INTUITION; STRESS; LIFE SATISFACTION

• Publisher: Institute of Experimental Psychology, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Studia Psychologica
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 59
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 233 – 242

Contributors

author

Bavolar Jozef

• Faculty of Arts, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Moyzesova 9, 040 01 Košice, Slovak Republic

Identifiers

DOI

10.21909/sp.2017.04.743