DOI: https://doi.org/10.14710/nmjn.v13i1.49036

Correlating Demographics and Well-being among Rural College Students in the Philippines

*Resti Tito Villarino orcid scopus publons  -  Cebu Technological University, Philippines
Maureen Lorence Villarino  -  National Research Council of the Philippines, Philippines
Maria Concepcion Temblor  -  Cebu Technological University, Philippines
Prosper Bernard  -  Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada
Michel Plaisent  -  Université du Québec à Montréal, Philippines
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Background: College students’ well-being is influenced by various factors such as age, gender, and socio-economic levels, but research findings on their correlation are inconsistent.

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between age, gender, socio-economic levels, and well-being among college students in private and state colleges in Cebu and Bohol, Philippines.

Methods: The study employed a cross-sectional design and recruited 178 college students using convenient sampling. The modified Positive Emotion, Engagement, Relationship, Meaning, and Accomplishment (PERMA) profiler questionnaire was used to measure well-being. Data were analyzed using SPSS Statistics 27, and Kendall’s tau and point-biserial correlation coefficient were used for data analysis.

Results: The overall PERMA score of the respondents (7.05±1.60) indicated high functioning. The analyses did not reveal a significant relationship between age and gender with well-being, but a significant association was found between socio-economic levels and the overall PERMA scores (p<0.05).

Conclusion: The study’s findings suggest socio-economic levels significantly impact college students’ well-being. Therefore, interventions and policies targeting socio-economic factors may effectively promote well-being among college students.
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Keywords: College students; mental health; PERMA; well-being
Funding: Department of Science and Technology (DOST) National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP) Through the Frontier Research Agenda and Capability Building of Researchers in the Visayas: NRCP Science and Technology Experts Pool (NSTEP) under contract NSTEP Visayas

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