Mental Wellbeing of Indonesian Students: Mean Comparison with UK Students and Relationships with Self-Compassion and Academic Engagement
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Authors | Kotera, Y., Lieu, J., Kirkman, A., Barnes, K., Liu, G. H. T., Jackson, J., Wilkes, J. and Riswani, R. |
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Abstract | The number of Indonesian students in higher education has been increasing rapidly. However, many Indonesian university students report experiencing mental distress. Research on student wellbeing found that self-compassion (i.e., being kind towards oneself in challenging times) and academic engagement (i.e., a commitment and purposeful effort toward study) are essential to students’ mental wellbeing. With the present study, we aimed to assess the mental wellbeing of Indonesian students. A convenience sample of 156 Indonesian students completed self-report measures on mental wellbeing, self-compassion and academic engagement (consisting of vigour, dedication and absorption). To contextualise their mental wellbeing, data from Indonesian students were compared with those from 145 UK students using Welch t-tests. Correlation, regression and mediation analyses were then performed to examine the relationships among these variables. Indonesian students had higher levels of self-compassion and absorption and a lower level of dedication than UK students. Self-compassion and academic engagement explained 36% of variance in mental wellbeing. Self-compassion and vigour were identified as significant predictors of mental wellbeing, whereas self-compassion was the strongest predictor. Lastly, vigour did not mediate the pathway from self-compassion to mental wellbeing. Interventions to support self-compassion and academic engagement, especially vigour, in Indonesian students are recommended to support their mental wellbeing. |
Keywords | Indonesian students; higher education ; mental wellbeing; self compassion |
Year | 2022 |
Journal | Healthcare |
Journal citation | 10 (8), pp. 1-13 |
Publisher | MDPI |
ISSN | 2227-9032 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10081439 |
Web address (URL) | http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10081439 |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | 01 Aug 2022 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 26 Jul 2022 |
Deposited | 23 Nov 2022 |
https://repository.derby.ac.uk/item/9v624/mental-wellbeing-of-indonesian-students-mean-comparison-with-uk-students-and-relationships-with-self-compassion-and-academic-engagement
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