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

Resti Tito Villarino; Maureen Lorence Villarino; Maria Concepcion Temblor; Prosper Bernard; Michel Plaisent

doi:10.14710/nmjn.v13i1.49036

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

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

*Resti Tito Villarino

- 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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@article{NMJN49036,
    author = {Resti Tito Villarino and Maureen Lorence Villarino and Maria Concepcion Temblor and Prosper Bernard and Michel Plaisent},
    title = {Correlating Demographics and Well-being among Rural College Students in the Philippines},
    journal = {Nurse Media Journal of Nursing},
  volume = {13},
    number = {1},
    year = {2023},
    keywords = {College students; mental health; PERMA; well-being},
    abstract = {  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.},
   issn = {2406-8799},   pages = {22--30}  doi = {10.14710/nmjn.v13i1.49036},
    url = {https://ejournal.undip.ac.id/index.php/medianers/article/view/49036}
}

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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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