ERIC Number: EJ1452239
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 9
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Changes in Basic Psychological Needs, Passion, and Well-Being of First-Semester Graduate Students
Journal of American College Health, v72 n9 p3612-3620 2024
Objective: Examine changes in graduate student health and well-being in the first semester. Participants: Full-time, first-semester graduate students (N=74) from a midsized midwestern university. Method: Graduate students were surveyed prior to starting their master's program and 10 weeks later. Passion for academics, basic psychological needs, physical and mental health symptoms, positive and negative affects, and quality of life were assessed. Results: Need satisfaction, harmonious passion, and indicators of well-being decreased across the first semester, whereas need frustration and indicators of ill-being increased over the first semester. Obsessive passion, harmonious passion, need satisfaction, and need frustration were associated with students' well-being at the end of the semester, with need frustration being the most robust predictor. Conclusions: Although most graduate students reported good general health and moderately low mental health symptoms, findings suggest that a need supportive environment may contribute to better health and well-being.
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Well Being, Masters Programs, Student Attitudes, Mental Health, Physical Health, Affective Behavior, Quality of Life, Student Needs, Predictor Variables, College Environment, Correlation, Value Judgment
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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