Health Contributing Factors in Higher Education Students: The Importance of Family and Friends
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Instruments
2.2.1. Subjective Well-Being
2.2.2. Social Support from Friends
2.2.3. Family Communication
2.3. Design
2.4. Procedure
2.5. Data Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
References
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Variables | Total | Gender | Academic Year | ||||||
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Males (n = 244) | Females (n = 1435) | t | 1 (n = 542) | 2 (n = 497) | 3 (n = 405) | 4 (n = 235) | F | ||
Subjective well-being | 3.68 | 3.71 | 3.67 | 0.67 | 3.60 | 3.67 | 3.79 | 3.70 | 5.07 ** |
Friends Support | 4.10 | 4.01 | 4.12 | −2.24 * | 4.06 | 4.14 | 4.13 | 4.10 | 1.41 |
Open communication | 3.90 | 3.91 | 3.90 | 0.15 | 3.86 | 3.91 | 3.95 | 3.92 | 1.32 |
Offensive communication | 2.06 | 2.01 | 2.07 | −1.10 | 2.09 | 2.08 | 2.05 | 1.96 | 1.99 |
Avoidant communication | 2.69 | 2.83 | 2.67 | 2.99 ** | 2.78 | 2.71 | 2.61 | 2.60 | 5.07 ** |
Study Variables | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
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1. Subjective well-being | -- | 0.374 *** | 0.385 *** | −0.230 *** | −0.189 *** |
2. Friends support | -- | 0.251 *** | −0.138 *** | −0.131 *** | |
3. Open communication | -- | −0.484 *** | −0.447 *** | ||
4. Offensive communication | -- | 0.386 *** | |||
5. Avoidant communication | -- |
Study Variables | Total | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | |||||
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OR | 95%CI | OR | 95%CI | OR | 95%CI | OR | 95%CI | OR | 95%CI | |
Gender | 0.58 | 0.29–1.17 | 0.66 | 0.21–2.10 | 0.88 | 0.28–2.71 | 0.00 | 0.00–0.00 | 0.97 | 0.19–4.93 |
Social support from friends | 2.99 *** | 2.26–3.97 | 4.21 *** | 2.62–6.78 | 1.60 | 0.96–2.67 | 3.99 *** | 1.78–8.92 | 3.50 *** | 1.70–7.20 |
Open Communication | 2.05 *** | 1.49–2.84 | 2.24 ** | 1.29–3.89 | 1.85 * | 1.03–3.33 | 3.49 ** | 1.41–8.60 | 1.28 | 0.52–3.14 |
Offensive communication | 0.96 | 0.70–1.32 | 0.83 | 0.45–1.53 | 1.02 | 0.60–1.71 | 1.09 | 0.46–2.62 | 1.01 | 0.43–2.37 |
Avoidant communication | 0.78 | 0.56–1.07 | 0.84 | 0.48–1.47 | 0.66 | 0.37–1.19 | 0.76 | 0.33–1.77 | 0.72 | 0.31–1.69 |
χ2 | 141.49 *** | 80.25 *** | 23.48 *** | 35.25 *** | 15.99 ** | |||||
R2 Nagelkerke | 0.22 | 0.34 | 0.18 | 0.31 | 0.16 |
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Yubero, S.; Navarro, R.; Larrañaga, E.; Esteban, M.; Gutiérrez, J.; Elche, M. Health Contributing Factors in Higher Education Students: The Importance of Family and Friends. Healthcare 2018, 6, 147. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare6040147
Yubero S, Navarro R, Larrañaga E, Esteban M, Gutiérrez J, Elche M. Health Contributing Factors in Higher Education Students: The Importance of Family and Friends. Healthcare. 2018; 6(4):147. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare6040147
Chicago/Turabian StyleYubero, Santiago, Raúl Navarro, Elisa Larrañaga, Macarena Esteban, Jesús Gutiérrez, and María Elche. 2018. "Health Contributing Factors in Higher Education Students: The Importance of Family and Friends" Healthcare 6, no. 4: 147. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare6040147