Satisfaction with life among university students from nine countries: Cross-national study during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216305:26510/21:PU142842

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-12288-1" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-12288-1</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-12288-1" target="_blank" >10.1186/s12889-021-12288-1</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Satisfaction with life among university students from nine countries: Cross-national study during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic

Original language description

Background: A cross-sectional study was performed to examine life satisfaction differences between university students from nine countries during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. A cross-national comparison of the association between life satisfaction and a set of variables was also conducted. Methods: Participants in the study were 2349 university students with a mean age of 23 years (M = 23.15, SD = 4.66). There was a predominance of women (69.26%) and individuals studying at the bachelor level (78%). The research was conducted between May and July 2020 in nine countries: Slovenia (n=209), the Czech Republic (Czechia)(n=308), Germany (n=267), Poland (n=301), Ukraine (n=310), Russia (n=285), Turkey (n=310), Israel (n=199), and Colombia (n=153). Participants completed an online survey involving measures of satisfaction with life (SWLS), exposure to COVID-19, perceived negative impact of coronavirus (PNIC) on students&apos; well-being, general self-reported health (GSRH), physical activity (PA), and some demographics (gender, place of residence, level of study). A one-way ANOVA was used to explore cross-national differences in life satisfaction. The χ2 independence test was performed separately in each country to examine associations between life satisfaction and other variables. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regressions were used to identify life satisfaction predictors among a set of demographic and health-related variables in each of the nine countries. Results: The level of life satisfaction varied between university students from the nine countries. The results for life satisfaction and the other variables differed between countries. Numerous associations were noted between satisfaction with life and several variables, and these showed cross-national differences. Distinct predictors of life satisfaction were observed for each country. However, poor self-rated physical health was a predictor of low life satisfaction independent of the country. Conclusions: The association between life satisfaction and subjective assessment of physical health seems to be universal, while the other variables are related to cross-cultural differences. Special public health attention should be focused on psychologically supporting people who do not feel healthy.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50401 - Sociology

Project

<a href="/en/project/EF15_003%2F0000456" target="_blank" >EF15_003/0000456: Sustainable Process Integration Laboratory (SPIL)</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

BMC Public Health

ISSN

1471-2458

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

21

Issue of the periodical within the volume

11 December

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

19

Pages from-to

2262

UT code for WoS article

000729234900009

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85121037090