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. 2024 Dec 10:15:1463459.
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1463459. eCollection 2024.

Factors influencing students' happiness, vitality, and self-esteem

Daiva Majauskiene  1 , Natalja Istomina  2 , Dovile Valanciene  3 , Ruta Dadeliene  1 , Aurelija Sidlauskiene  1 , Tomas Aukstikalnis  1 , Ieva Egle Jamontaite  1 , Emilija Strazdaite  1 , Ramune Zilinskiene  1 , Milda Gintiliene  4 , Asta Sarkauskiene  5 , Albertas Skurvydas  1
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Factors influencing students' happiness, vitality, and self-esteem

Daiva Majauskiene et al. Front Psychol. .

Abstract

Introduction: The happiness and well-being of individuals are among the most important components of life. However, there remains a lack of evidence regarding the relationships between students' happiness, vigor, and self-esteem on the one hand and various complex factors on the other hand.

Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study involving 397 students from various Lithuanian universities. We determined students' happiness, self-esteem, vigor, healthy lifestyles, perceived stress, personality traits, academic achievements and motivation by using validated scales.

Results and discussion: The study indicates that while happiness and self-esteem are not linked to healthy lifestyles, vigor is positively associated with moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and healthy eating, and negatively with body mass index (BMI). Happiness and vigor inversely relate to stress, and happiness and self-esteem inversely relate to depression. Vigor is positively related to extraversion, and self-esteem to neuroticism. Happiness, vigor, and self-esteem are not linked to academic achievements, but happiness relates to non-utilitarian decisions, and self-esteem to emotional intelligence and non-utilitarian decisions. Happiness, vigor, self-esteem were not linked to intrinsic motivation to study, but self-esteem was inversely related to amotivation and childhood violence. This study fills the research gap and deepens the understanding of what determines students' happiness and vigor, and self-esteem.

Keywords: childhood negative experience; emotional intelligence; happiness; health and healthy lifestyles; life vitality; logical thinking; moral decision; personality traits.

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The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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The Interaction of Self-Esteem with Depression (A), Emotional Intelligence (EI) (B), Neuroticism (C), Amotivation (D), and Violence (E).
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Figure 2
The Interaction of Happiness with Perceive Stress (PSS) (A) and Depression (B).
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Figure 3
The Interaction of Vigor with Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity (A), Perceived Stress (PSS) (B) and Fresh Fruit Consumption (C).
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