Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10071/21129
Author(s): Somos, Alexandra
Advisor: Freire, Jaclin'Elaine Semedo
Rosa, Miriam Cláudia Henriques de Almeida
Date: 16-Dec-2020
Title: The impact of religious coping and resilience on psychological well-being among international students in Hungary
Reference: Somos, A. (2020). The impact of religious coping and resilience on psychological well-being among international students in Hungary [Dissertação de mestrado, Iscte - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa]. Repositório Iscte. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/21129
Keywords: Resilience
Acculturative stress
Religious coping
Psychological well-being
International students
Hungary
Resiliência
Stress aculturativo
Coping religioso
Bem-estar psicológico
Estudantes internacionais
Hungria
Abstract: The purpose of the current study was to examine the relationship between acculturative stress, religious coping, resilience and psychological well-being among 176 international students in Hungary. Extending previous research, we hypothesized that resilience and positive religious coping would act as protective factors against stress and would predict higher levels of psychological well-being. More precisely, resilience and positive coping would moderate (exacerbate) the relation between stress and well-being. However, negative religious coping would contribute to lower levels of psychological well-being. Constructs were measured by the following scales: Acculturative Stress Scale for International Students (ASSIS; Sandhu & Asrabadi, 1994), Brief RCOPE Scale (S-BRCS; Pargament et al., 2011), Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC; Connor & Davidson, 2003) and Psychological Well-Being scale (PWB; Diener et al., 2009). Results indicate that, as predicted, resilience contributed to higher psychological well-being and negative religious coping negatively correlated with psychological well-being. The relationship between positive religious coping and psychological well-being, however, was not found statistically significant. Moreover, the interaction between positive religious coping and resilience showed a surprising, negative influence on psychological well-being. The implications of these findings are critically discussed and are suggested to contribute to the work of university counsellors, student affairs officers, student organizations, such as Erasmus Student Network through providing a better understanding of acculturative stress and different coping processes among international students.
O objetivo do presente estudo foi examinar a relação entre stress aculturativo, coping religioso, resiliência e bem-estar psicológico entre 176 estudantes internacionais na Hungria. Com base em pesquisas anteriores, formulámos a hipótese de que a resiliência e o "coping" religioso positivo agiriam como fatores de proteção contra o "stress" e preveriam níveis mais altos de bem-estar psicológico. Mais precisamente, a resiliência e o "coping" positivo iriam moderar (exacerbar) a relação entre stress e bem-estar. No entanto, o "coping" religioso negativo contribuiria para níveis mais baixos de bem-estar psicológico. Os construtos foram medidos pelas seguintes escalas: Acculturative Stress Scale for International Students (ASSIS; Sandhu & Asrabadi, 1994), Brief RCOPE Scale (S-BRCS; Pargament et al., 2011), Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC; Connor & Davidson, 2003) and Psychological Well-Being scale (PWB; Diener et al., 2009). Os resultados indicam que, como previsto, a resiliência contribui para um maior bem-estar psicológico e o "coping" religioso negativo correlaciona negativamente com o bem-estar psicológico. A relação entre "coping" religioso positivo e bem-estar psicológico, contudo, não foi considerada estatisticamente significativa. Além disso, a interação entre "coping" religioso positivo e resiliência mostrou uma influência negativa surpreendente no bem-estar psicológico. As implicações dessas descobertas são discutidas criticamente e são sugeridas contribuições para o trabalho de conselheiros universitários, oficiais de assuntos estudantis, organizações estudantis, como a Erasmus Student Network, fornecendo uma melhor compreensão do stress aculturativo e diferentes processos de "coping" entre estudantes internacionais.
Degree: Mestrado em Psicologia das Relações Interculturais
Peerreviewed: yes
Access type: Open Access
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