The mental health of college students and the level of academic achievement: knowledge about psychological well-being, self-control, and college learning

• Authors: Yong Xiang , Chun Shuai , Yutong Zhang , Yin Li
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Objectives. This paper aimed to increase knowledge about the psychological well-being and self-control of students during their college years and the impact of these indicators on academic performance. Sample and settings. The researchers developed and integrated a semester psychological elective course “Successful Learning”. During this course, the students received theoretical information about planning, goal setting, self-discipline, and interaction with others and practised the acquired knowledge in practical classes. Before and after the end of the course, they passed testing according to the questionnaires of psychological well-being (PWB, Gao and McLellan) and self-control (SC, Unger et al.). The Student’s t-test was used for comparison. Results. The findings showed that self-control and psychological well-being were amenable to improvement. The documented results of previous studies on the impact of self-control and psychological well-being on academic performance were confirmed by ANOVA. Study limitations. A relatively small sample size and a wide age range of participants could affect the accuracy of the results. The absence of a control group makes it impossible to exclude the influence of external factors on the psychological well-being and self-control of participants.

Keywords

EN

positive health; post-pandemic period; PWB model; self-control; successful learning

Discipline

• PSYCHOLOGY: PSYCHOLOGY

• Publisher: Institute of Psychology, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Československá psychologie (Czechoslovak Psychology)
• Year: 2024
• Volume: 68
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 80-95
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Yong Xiang

• Československá psychologie, redakce, Psychologický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i., Politických vězňů 7, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic

author

Chun Shuai

• Československá psychologie, redakce, Psychologický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i., Politických vězňů 7, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic

author

Yutong Zhang

• Československá psychologie, redakce, Psychologický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i., Politických vězňů 7, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic

author

Yin Li

• Československá psychologie, redakce, Psychologický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i., Politických vězňů 7, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic