Family function and life satisfaction of postgraduate medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic: the mediating role of meaning in life and depression

Huang, Zewen; Zhang, Lejun; Wang, Junyu; Xu, Lu; Wang, Tingting; Tang, Yan; Li, Yin; Guo, Ming; Xiong, Yipin; Wang, Wenying; Yang, Xialing; Yu, Yifeng; Lu, Hongzhou

doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09282

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“…Our research expanded earlier reports aimed at assessing the associations between family functioning, hope, resilience and life satisfaction in university students during the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran using a mediation model. We a positive association between family functioning and life satisfaction (hypothesis 1), con rming satisfaction with family ties familiarity, and a higher familial sense of togetherness, leading to improved satisfaction with life for university students when facing a public health emergency., which is consistent with other studies (31,32). During the outbreak, family played an important role in students' life due to low accessibility to direct peer support and university support (26).…”

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“…Through effective coping with events and an increase in their capacity to control their environment, family members develop a more positive competence like resilience and become con dent (55). Moreover, those with disengaged and chaotic family functioning indicate less adaptive forms of coping strategies and resilience resulting in lower life satisfaction (32). Perceiving one's family as poor in the parental bond due to lack of care or due to over-support can disrupt emotional development resulting in less functional ways of regulating personal emotions (24).…”

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Does Family Functioning contribute to the Life Satisfaction among Female University Students during COVID-19 Outbreak?

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2022

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Background: Literature review has showed that family functioning is positively associated with satisfaction with life. However, the internal mechanisms of this relationship are still unclear, especially during the COVID-19. This study examined the mediating role of hope and resilience in the association between family functioning and life satisfaction of female university students in COVID-19 pandemics. Methods: A cross-sectional online study was done throughout the fifth wave of the COVID-19 outbreak in Iran. A total of 480 female students were recruited from Lorestan University. Data was collected by the State Hope Scale (SHS), Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), Family APGAR Index, and Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC). Data analysis were based on structural equation modeling. Results: Family functioning exerted a significant direct effect on hope, on resilience and on life satisfaction. Also, according to the findings, hope and resilience pose a significant mediating effect in the association between family functioning and life satisfaction. Conclusion: This study provides a better perspective regarding the protective role of hope, family functioning, and resilience on life satisfaction among female university students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Training of such skills is needed to increase life satisfaction in female university students.

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Does Family Functioning contribute to the Life Satisfaction among Female University Students during COVID-19 Outbreak?

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2022

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“…For instance, some research showed a strong association between a high level of life satisfaction and family function [ 32 ]. Also, Huang et al [ 33 ] reported an association between cohesive family relationships and life satisfaction in postgraduate medical students. Accordingly, we proposed our first hypothesis as follows:…”

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Family functioning and life satisfaction among female university students during COVID-19 outbreak: the mediating role of hope and resilience

Zarei

Fooladvand

2022

BMC Women's Health

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Background Literature review has showed that family functioning is positively associated with satisfaction with life. However, the internal mechanisms of this relationship are still unclear, especially during the COVID-19. This study examined the mediating role of hope and resilience in the association between family functioning and life satisfaction of female university students in COVID-19 pandemics. Methods A cross-sectional online study was done throughout the fifth wave of the COVID-19 outbreak in Iran. A total of 480 female students were recruited from Lorestan University. Data was collected by the State Hope Scale, Satisfaction with Life Scale, Family APGAR Index, and Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale. Data analysis were based on structural equation modeling. Results Family functioning exerted a significant direct effect on hope, on resilience and on life satisfaction. Also, according to the findings, hope and resilience pose a significant mediating effect in the association between family functioning and life satisfaction. Conclusion This study provides a better perspective regarding the protective role of hope, family functioning, and resilience on life satisfaction among female university students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Training of such skills is needed to increase life satisfaction in female university students.

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“…Based on what has been reported in scientific literature, life satisfaction among higher education students has changed during the COVID-19 health emergency due to the impact of the disease (Rogowska et al, 2021), especially given its strong relationship with quality of life and personal goals (Huang et al, 2022), which have been affected by students' concern about contracting the disease (Hossain et al, 2021), new variants (Carranza et al, 2022), precarious health systems (Knaul et al, 2021), financial impact (Kokkinos et al, 2022), and others. Authors such as Lei et al (2020) report that being a student in COVID-19 times is a risk factor for mental health conditions compared with other age groups.…”

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Influence of family and academic satisfaction on life satisfaction among Peruvian university students in the times of COVID-19: The mediating role of self-esteem

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ObjectiveTo examine the effect of family and academic satisfaction on the self-esteem and life satisfaction among Peruvian university students.MethodOf the 1,182 Peruvian university students who participated, 364 were male; and 818 were female; and ranged from 17 to 39 years of age (mean = 20.67, SD = 4.4). The family satisfaction scale (FSS), the Escala breve de satisfacción con los estudios (EBSE; Brief Academic Satisfaction Scale in Spanish), Rosenberg’s self-esteem scale (RSES), and the satisfaction with life scale (SWLS) were used to perform the assessments.ResultsThe study model showed an adequate fit (χ2 19.5, p < 0.001, CFI = 0.977, RMSEA = 0.057), confirming the association between family satisfaction and life satisfaction (β = 0.26, p < 0.001) and self-esteem (β = 0.35, p < 0.001), and the correlation between academic satisfaction and self-esteem (β = 0.35, p < 0.001) and life satisfaction (β = 0.23, p < 0.001). The model accounted for 42% of life satisfaction.ConclusionFamily satisfaction and academic satisfaction affect self-esteem and life satisfaction.

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Family function and life satisfaction of postgraduate medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic: the mediating role of meaning in life and depression

Cited by 11 publications

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Does Family Functioning contribute to the Life Satisfaction among Female University Students during COVID-19 Outbreak?

Does Family Functioning contribute to the Life Satisfaction among Female University Students during COVID-19 Outbreak?

Family functioning and life satisfaction among female university students during COVID-19 outbreak: the mediating role of hope and resilience

Influence of family and academic satisfaction on life satisfaction among Peruvian university students in the times of COVID-19: The mediating role of self-esteem

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