Regional Specifics of Psychological Well-Being among Graduate Students of the Faculty of Psychology
https://doi.org/10.26907/esd.18.3.15
EDN: IMVBFS
Abstract
The relevance of studying the specifics of the psychological well-being among psychology students is due to the need to prevent their professional burnout and improve the image of the psychology profession. The purpose of the study was to identify differences in the general level and specific indicators of psychological well-being and happiness of final-year students of the psychology department of the capital and regional universities. Ryff's theory of psychological well-being, the provisions of cognitive, positive and personality-oriented approaches were used; in addition to Ryff's multidimensional model of psychological well-being, the M.W. Fordyce scale of happiness and the S. Lyubomirsky & N. Lepper scale of subjective happiness were used. The sample consisted of 200 full-time graduate students from the Faculty of Psychology at two regional universities and a Moscow university. It was shown that the groups differ significantly in eight parameters of psychological well-being and happiness: life goals; self-acceptance; competence; general level of psychological well-being; degree of happiness; time “on the rise”; time of feeling unhappy; level of subjective happiness. The paper concludes that psychology students from a capital university are significantly happier than their peers from regional universities. Methods of autopsychocorrection of negative cognitions are proposed to improve psychological well-being of students. The practical significance lies in the possibilities of using the obtained results to improve course programs as part of the curriculum of the main professional educational program (Psychology), training courses and educational work with students.
About the Authors
Nadezhda Tsvetkova
Research Institute of the Federal Penitentiary Service
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Moscow
Pavel Kislyakov
Russian State Social University; Ivanovo State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Moscow; Ivanovo
Kira Lagvilava
Pskov State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Pskov
Natalia Semenova
Petrozavodsk State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Petrozavodsk
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Tsvetkova N., Kislyakov P., Lagvilava K., Semenova N. Regional Specifics of Psychological Well-Being among Graduate Students of the Faculty of Psychology. Education and Self-Development. 2023;18(3):230-244. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.26907/esd.18.3.15. EDN: IMVBFS
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