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http://dx.doi.org/10.15207/JKCS.2017.8.4.101

A Convergence Study of the Influence of Grateful disposition and Subjective well-being on Stress coping of College students  

Cho, Meekyung (Department of Nursing, Daejeon Health Institute of Technology)
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Journal of the Korea Convergence Society / v.8, no.4, 2017 , pp. 101-109 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to identify the influence of grateful disposition and subjective well-being on stress coping of college students in the convergence society. The participants were 336 college students, data were analyzed using t-test, Pearson Correlation, Multiple regression. It was found that: nursing students showed higher score at grateful disposition, life satisfaction, and positive stress coping than non-nursing students. 2nd grade students's grateful disposition, and negative stress coping score were significantly higher than non-nursing students. Significant correlation were found among grateful disposition and subjective well-being on stress coping. The factors influencing stress coping were grateful disposition, and positive affect. Therefore some effective way to enhance of subjective well-being and grateful disposition through various educational curriculum and extra-curricular activities are needed.
Keywords
Grateful disposition; Positive/Negative affect; Life satisfaction; Subjective well-being; Stress coping; Convergence study;
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