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Personlighets och självkänslas samband med psykisk ohälsa hos studenter vid Lunds universitet

Lundgren, Elin and Martinsson, Gunilla (2008)
Department of Psychology
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to examine whether personality traits, self-esteem, performance-based self-esteem and demographic data relate to, and can explain the variation in psychological ill-health among students at Lund University. A questionnaire was distributed to students attending the Psychology program, Bio-technology program, Theologian program and Law program. There were 247 respondents to the questionnaire, mainly attending their second or third semester. General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12), Rosenberg's Self- Esteem scale, Hallstens scale measuring performance-based self-esteem, questions relating to demographic data and a short version of the personality inventory scale Big Five were included in the questionnaire. Positive... (More)
The purpose of this study is to examine whether personality traits, self-esteem, performance-based self-esteem and demographic data relate to, and can explain the variation in psychological ill-health among students at Lund University. A questionnaire was distributed to students attending the Psychology program, Bio-technology program, Theologian program and Law program. There were 247 respondents to the questionnaire, mainly attending their second or third semester. General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12), Rosenberg's Self- Esteem scale, Hallstens scale measuring performance-based self-esteem, questions relating to demographic data and a short version of the personality inventory scale Big Five were included in the questionnaire. Positive correlations were found between psychological ill-health and the variables neuroticism and performance-based self-esteem. A negative correlation appeared between psychological ill-health and the variables extroversion, openness to experience, agreeableness and self-esteem. A multiple regression analysis demonstrated that the examined variables explained more than half of the variation in self reported psychological ill-health among the survey group (R2= 0,59). The most important predictors were self-esteem, neuroticism, gender and performance-based self-esteem. (Less)
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author
Lundgren, Elin and Martinsson, Gunilla
supervisor
organization
year
type
H3 - Professional qualifications (4 Years - )
subject
keywords
performance-based self-esteem, Rosenberg's Self-Esteem scale, self-esteem, Big Five, personality, psychological ill-health, GHQ-12, students, Psychology, Psykologi
language
Swedish
id
1315741
date added to LUP
2009-01-13 00:00:00
date last changed
2009-11-17 12:56:50
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  abstract     = {{The purpose of this study is to examine whether personality traits, self-esteem, performance-based self-esteem and demographic data relate to, and can explain the variation in psychological ill-health among students at Lund University. A questionnaire was distributed to students attending the Psychology program, Bio-technology program, Theologian program and Law program. There were 247 respondents to the questionnaire, mainly attending their second or third semester. General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12), Rosenberg's Self- Esteem scale, Hallstens scale measuring performance-based self-esteem, questions relating to demographic data and a short version of the personality inventory scale Big Five were included in the questionnaire. Positive correlations were found between psychological ill-health and the variables neuroticism and performance-based self-esteem. A negative correlation appeared between psychological ill-health and the variables extroversion, openness to experience, agreeableness and self-esteem. A multiple regression analysis demonstrated that the examined variables explained more than half of the variation in self reported psychological ill-health among the survey group (R2= 0,59). The most important predictors were self-esteem, neuroticism, gender and performance-based self-esteem.}},
  author       = {{Lundgren, Elin and Martinsson, Gunilla}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Personlighets och självkänslas samband med psykisk ohälsa hos studenter vid Lunds universitet}},
  year         = {{2008}},
}