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标题：Life Satisfaction, and Anxiety Levels among University Students
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作者：George Tsitsas ; Panagiotis Nanopoulos ; Antonia Paschali 等
期刊名称：Creative Education
印刷版ISSN：2151-4755
电子版ISSN：2151-4771
出版年度：2019
卷号：10
期号：05
页码：947-961
DOI：10.4236/ce.2019.105071
出版社：Scientific Research Publishing
摘要：University or College years seem to be a stressful time for students due to many challenges: academic, personal adjustment to a new life, and socially building new friendships. Life satisfaction is considered one of the basic components of psychological well-being. S tudies have supported that lower levels of life satisfaction have been related to high levels of anxiety. Also the constructs of assertiveness and empathy seem to be related with life satisfaction. The present study compares 1 ^st and 4 ^th -year undergraduate students in relation to variables such as life satisfaction ( The Life Satisfaction Index) , stress, (STAI) assertiveness ( Rathus Assertiveness Schedule ) and empathy (Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI) ) . The participants were in total 410, 1 ^st year (N = 205) and 4 ^th year (N = 205) undergraduate students. All findings are discussed in detail ; some main results showed that: 1) Independently of sex students had similar anxiety levels ; life satisfaction was significantly higher among those with low state anxiety but not with low trait anxiety ; 2) Trait anxiety score analysis revealed nonsignificant results ; 3) Young women are more life satisfied compared to young men among 1 ^st year students ; 4) The percent of students with high life satisfaction is significantly higher among those that grew up in urban and semi-urban regions compared to those that grew up in other regions. The findings of the present study emphasize the need to explore ways to help undergraduate students to adjust during their academic years and life at the University .
关键词：University Students;Life Satisfaction;Stress;Assertiveness;Empathy