ERIC Number: EJ1285145
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 21
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Positive and Negative Affect in University Students: The Predictive Roles of Rumination, Mindfulness and Demographic Variables
Asici, Esra; Arslan, Ümüt; Uygur, Sebahat Sevgi
New Waves-Educational Research and Development Journal, v23 n2 p1-21 Fall 2020
This study aims to investigate the predictive roles of rumination, mindfulness and demographic variables on positive and negative affect of university students. The study was designed as a predictive correlational research model. The data were collected from 466 students through the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule, the Ruminative Thought Style Questionnaire, the Philadelphia Mindfulness Scale, and a demographic questionnaire and analyzed with multiple linear regression analysis. According to the results, rumination, mindfulness (awareness and acceptance), age, gender, and romantic relationship status as a whole accounted for 15% of the variance in positive affect and explained 28% of the variance in negative affect. Positive affect was predicted by awareness and age positively and by acceptance and rumination negatively; negative affect was predicted by rumination and romantic relationship status positively and by acceptance negatively. Being female led to a decrease in positive affect. Implications to the education and counseling field were discussed.
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Characteristics, Predictor Variables, Positive Attitudes, Negative Attitudes, Metacognition, Psychological Patterns, Depression (Psychology), Mental Health, Age Differences, Gender Differences, Dating (Social), Affective Measures, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Positive and Negative Affect Schedule
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