Comparative study of life satisfaction and their components in current University Czech and American students

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Alternative codes found

RIV/61989592:15510/16:33161237

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.21125/iceri.2016.1269" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.21125/iceri.2016.1269</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.21125/iceri.2016.1269" target="_blank" >10.21125/iceri.2016.1269</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Comparative study of life satisfaction and their components in current University Czech and American students

Original language description

Life satisfaction has been described as an overall cognitive assessment of one's quality of life that is based on how people believe their life should be in relation to how it is. The purpose of this pilot study is to compare the level of overall life satisfaction among Czech and American University students, as well as to compare and analyse the components of health and the subjective assessment of a person. The monitored variables present significant factors influencing the overall academic performance of students. The sample of this study consisted of 838 (20,8+-1,61) University students from Faculty of Education, 523 Czech, and 315 American students. The standardized Life Satisfaction Questionnaire and health assessment were used. Statistical result processing was conducted using the Statgraphics programme v. 12.0. According to the statistical analysis,we found out that between the Czech and American University students there is a significant difference in overall life satisfaction (p LESS-THAN OR EQUAL TO .001; d = 0.35). The analysis of particular components revealed significant differences (p LESS-THAN OR EQUAL TO .001) in 7 components out of 9, such as health, work, finance, partnership, own person, sexuality, and friends. American students are more satisfied than Czech students in the stated areas of life satisfaction. The Czech students are less self-confident (p LESS-THAN OR EQUAL TO .001, d = 0.59), more critical about their abilities (p LESS-THAN OR EQUAL TO .001, d = 0.46), character (p LESS-THAN OR EQUAL TO .001, d = 0.63) and overall health condition (p LESS-THAN OR EQUAL TO .001, d = 0.51). The American students are more satisfied with their health, especially with the frequency of diseases and pain (p LESS-THAN OR EQUAL TO .001, d = 0.63; d = 0.68). The findings can help to understand the role of cultural factors influencing areas of life satisfaction.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

AN - Psychology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

ICERI2016 Proceedings

ISBN

978-84-617-5895-1

ISSN

2340-1095

e-ISSN

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Number of pages

7

Pages from-to

1189-1195

Publisher name

International Association of Technology, Education and Development (IATED)

Place of publication

Madrid

Event location

Sevilla, Spain

Event date

Nov 14, 2016

Type of event by nationality

EUR - Evropská akce

UT code for WoS article

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