Framtidsångest bland universitetsstudenter i sverige: En kvantitativ studie
(2025) PSYK12 20251Department of Psychology
- Abstract
- Future anxiety is an existing and continuous issue that has a significant impact on the mental health and academic success among university students. How it is handled and counteracted thus differs depending on various factors such as self-efficacy, locus of control (internal/external), emotion focused and problem focused coping, which are highlighted in this study. The method used to investigate the effects of these factors is a web-based survey that was distributed through various social media platforms and by physical inquiry. The sample consisted of university students (N = 93) at Swedish universities all above the age of 18. The results showed that self-efficacy had a significant negative relationship with future anxiety, whereas the... (More)
- Future anxiety is an existing and continuous issue that has a significant impact on the mental health and academic success among university students. How it is handled and counteracted thus differs depending on various factors such as self-efficacy, locus of control (internal/external), emotion focused and problem focused coping, which are highlighted in this study. The method used to investigate the effects of these factors is a web-based survey that was distributed through various social media platforms and by physical inquiry. The sample consisted of university students (N = 93) at Swedish universities all above the age of 18. The results showed that self-efficacy had a significant negative relationship with future anxiety, whereas the coping strategies (problem- and emotion focused) and locus of control (internal/external) did not have a significant result. This result showed both contradictory and confirmatory connections to previous research and resulted in insights into the central role self-efficacy plays in managing future anxiety. For future research, it would therefore be interesting to investigate which underlying factors may exist depending on current social conditions that in turn may influence the connections between self-efficacy, coping strategies and locus of control in relation to future anxiety, with the aim of promoting student health and finding new causes for the increasing future anxiety. (Less)
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Framtidsångest är bland studenter ett bestående samt växande problem som har en betydande påverkan på dels den mentala hälsan men även den akademiska framgången. Hur den hanteras och motverkas skiljer sig således beroende på olika faktorer, denna studie kommer att belysa vilken roll self-efficacy, locus of control (intern/extern) och problem- samt emotionsfokuserad coping spelar i detta. Metoden som användes för att undersöka sagda ämne var en webb-baserad enkät som distribuerades via olika sociala medier och genom fysiskt tillfrågande. Urvalet bestod av universitetsstudenter (N = 93) vid svenska lärosäten i åldrarna 18+. Resultaten visade på att self-efficacy hade ett signifikant negativt samband med framtidsångest varav... (More)
- Framtidsångest är bland studenter ett bestående samt växande problem som har en betydande påverkan på dels den mentala hälsan men även den akademiska framgången. Hur den hanteras och motverkas skiljer sig således beroende på olika faktorer, denna studie kommer att belysa vilken roll self-efficacy, locus of control (intern/extern) och problem- samt emotionsfokuserad coping spelar i detta. Metoden som användes för att undersöka sagda ämne var en webb-baserad enkät som distribuerades via olika sociala medier och genom fysiskt tillfrågande. Urvalet bestod av universitetsstudenter (N = 93) vid svenska lärosäten i åldrarna 18+. Resultaten visade på att self-efficacy hade ett signifikant negativt samband med framtidsångest varav copingstrategierna (problem- och emotionsfokuserade) samt locus of control (intern/extern) inte hade ett signifikant resultat. Detta resultat visade på både motsägelsefulla och bekräftande kopplingar till tidigare forskning och resulterade i insikter om den centrala rollen self-efficacy spelar i hanterandet av framtidsångest. För framtida forskning hade det därför varit intressant att undersöka vilka underliggande faktorer som kan finnas beroende på aktuella samhällsförhållanden som i sin tur kan påverka sambanden mellan self-efficacy, copingstrategierna och locus of control i relation till framtidsångest, detta i syfte för att främja studenthälsa samt finna nya orsaker till den ökande framtidsångesten. (Less)
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- author
- Ivanova, Erika LU and Mohammad Ali, Aje LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- PSYK12 20251
- year
- 2025
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- future anxiety, coping strategies, self-efficacy, locus of control, universitetsstudenter, university students
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9200271
- date added to LUP
- 2025-06-17 13:12:32
- date last changed
- 2025-06-17 13:33:31
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abstract = {{Future anxiety is an existing and continuous issue that has a significant impact on the mental health and academic success among university students. How it is handled and counteracted thus differs depending on various factors such as self-efficacy, locus of control (internal/external), emotion focused and problem focused coping, which are highlighted in this study. The method used to investigate the effects of these factors is a web-based survey that was distributed through various social media platforms and by physical inquiry. The sample consisted of university students (N = 93) at Swedish universities all above the age of 18. The results showed that self-efficacy had a significant negative relationship with future anxiety, whereas the coping strategies (problem- and emotion focused) and locus of control (internal/external) did not have a significant result. This result showed both contradictory and confirmatory connections to previous research and resulted in insights into the central role self-efficacy plays in managing future anxiety. For future research, it would therefore be interesting to investigate which underlying factors may exist depending on current social conditions that in turn may influence the connections between self-efficacy, coping strategies and locus of control in relation to future anxiety, with the aim of promoting student health and finding new causes for the increasing future anxiety.}},
author = {{Ivanova, Erika and Mohammad Ali, Aje}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Framtidsångest bland universitetsstudenter i sverige: En kvantitativ studie}},
year = {{2025}},
}