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Item Metadata only Using positive psychology concepts to improve student well-being(2011) McDonald, IanStress, anxiety and depression are common experiences that can and do affect academic performance, as well as mental and physical health. The field of positive psychology has grown in recent years and its interventions have received empirical... support in increasing happiness and decreasing symptoms of depression and anxiety. This workshop examines some the techniques used in positive psychology and considers the value of using them in the classroom.Item Metadata only Measuring the impact of a positive psychology course at a Thai university: Addressing student well-being in challenging times(2023-01-01) McDonald I.; Nanni A.; Mahidol UniversityEven before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers had raised concerns about the mental health of youth worldwide. One response has been the development of positive psychology interventions (PPIs) designed to enhance well-being. This study..., conducted at a Thai university, investigated the impact of an online positive psychology course containing several PPIs on student well-being as measured by the EPOCH Measure of Adolescent Well-Being, the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS), and SubjectiveItem Metadata only The effect of yoga intervention on psychological well-being and quality of life in early adolescence(Mahidol University. Mahidol University Library and Knowledge Center, 2024) Matavee Saengsomsuan; Tikumporn Hosiri; Sucheera PhattharayuttawatThis research aims to study the effects of yoga intervention on psychological well-being and quality of life in early adolescence. This study was a quasi-experimental research with a randomized control trial pretest-posttest design. The evaluation.... Data were collected using psychological well-being and quality of life evaluation test and survey questionnaires. For data analysis, descriptive statistics, Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test and Mann-Whitney U Test were used in this experiment. The resultsItem Metadata only Self-compassion relating psychological well-being and life satisfaction among elderly people(Mahidol University. Mahidol University Library and Knowledge Center, 2024) Sasakorn Tepraksa; Sudsabuy Chulakadabba; Sucheera PhattharayuttawatThis research aims to investigate the relationship between self-compassion with psychological well-being and life satisfaction among elderly people. Participants of this study were 325 elderly people who were 60 years old and above and who... continuously attended The Quality of Life Development Center for the Elderly in Nonthaburi Municipality, completed self-report measures of self-compassion and psychological well-being and life satisfaction. Descriptive statistics, pearson correlation and simpleItem Metadata only Predictive Factors of Psychological Well-Being Among Older Adults with Noncommunicable Diseases: A Cross-Sectional Study(2025-04-01) Sitthidech D.; Monkong S.; Kejkornkaew S.; Sitthidech D.; Mahidol UniversityPsychological well-being is an influential factor for healthy aging, and noncommunicable diseases usually accompany aging. Therefore, understanding factors predicting psychological well-being is essential to designing interventions to promote good... mental health among this population. This cross-sectional study examined the factors predicting psychological well-being among older adults with noncommunicable diseases. The participants included 110 older adults aged 60 years and olderPublication Metadata only Do Gender Differences Affect the Psychological Well-being of High Schoolers in Thailand?(2021-01-01) Walailak Pumpuang; Nopporn Vongsirimas; Piyanee Klainin-Yobas; NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine; Mahidol UniversityThis cross-sectional descriptive study aimed to examine factors affecting the psychological wellbeing of female and male Thai students, and to compare gender differences in a psychological well-being promotion model. Participants were 624 students... factors from the psychological well-being promotion model influenced psychological well-being among female and male students. Resilience and mindfulness were the strongest predictors affecting psychological well-being in both female and male studentsItem Metadata only The causal relationship between social support and psychological well‑being among undergraduate students in North China(2022-09-01) Guo H.; Kitcharoen P.; Phukao D.; Poopan S.; Mahidol UniversityBACKGROUND: Psychological well‑being is an important part that undergraduate students and universities cannot neglect as it helps students lead a better study life at the university. Various studies revealed that social support can affect students...’ psychological well‑being. However, the causal relationship between social support and psychological well‑being has received little attention in North China. Therefore, the aim of the current study was to analyze the causal relationship between social supportItem Metadata only The mediating factor of psychological well-being between cyberbullying experience and sedentary behaviour among university students(2025-10-01) Nugroho P.S.; Samutachak B.; Jirapramukpitak T.; Ghozali; Fauzi F.A.; Chamratrithirong A.; Nugroho P.S.; Mahidol Universitymeasures of cyberbullying victimization, psychological well-being, coping capacity, and sedentary behaviour. Structural Equation Modelling revealed significant associations between cyberbullying experience and lower psychological well-being (β = 0.264, p... ≤ 0.001), and between lower psychological well-being and sedentary behaviour (β = 0.208, p ≤ 0.001). Psychological well-being fully mediated the cyberbullying-sedentary behaviour relationship, with no direct link identified between these variablesPublication Metadata only Chronic stress and psychological well-being: Evidence from Thailand on household crowding(1996-01-01) Theodore D. Fuller; John N. Edwards; Sairudee Vorakitphokatorn; Santhat Sermsri; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Mahidol UniversityThis paper examines the effect of one form of chronic stress - household crowding - on psychological well-being, as measured by multiple inverse indicators of psychological well-being. We rely on data from a large (n = 2017) random sample... of households in Bangkok, Thailand, a context that has a higher level and broader range of crowding than typically found in the United States. Objective household crowding is found to be detrimental to psychological well-being, controlling for a numberPublication Metadata only Gender differences in the psychological well-being of married men and women: An Asian case(2004-01-01) Theodore D. Fuller; John N. Edwards; Sairudee Vorakitphokatorn; Santhat Sermsri; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Mahidol UniversityUsing a wide variety of measures of psychological well-being obtained from a representative sample of married men and women in Bangkok, Thailand, we examine gender differences in psychological well-being. We find that, in Bangkok, as in the United... States, married men generally enjoy a higher level of psychological well-being than do married women. We find no support for role strain theory, but we do find support for role enhancement theory. We find that social support has little effect