Relationship between self-confidence and psychological wellbeing: case of the university students Cover Image

Соотношение уверенности в себе и психологического благополучия у студентов высших учебных заведений
Relationship between self-confidence and psychological wellbeing: case of the university students

Author(s): Diana Rosciupchin, Svetlana Rusnac
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Psychology, Higher Education , Individual Psychology, Cognitive Psychology
Published by: Universitatea Liberă Internațională din Moldova
Keywords: assertiveness; cognitive component of the self-concept; psychological well-being; self-confidence; confident behavior;

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the research presented in this article is to study the role of selfconfidence in shaping psychological well-being by first year students who are in the process ofadapting to the new conditions. The study was carried on in two universities of Chisinau. A sampleof 100 students, 50 from a state university, 50 – from a private one, participated in the survey. Thehypothesis assumes that self-esteem is a condition for psychological well-being insofar as it iscorrelated with common sense and does not turn into arrogance and/or aggression. Results showingpositive correlation of self-confidence with the sense of environmental monitoring and negativecorrelation with the assessment of the quality of interpersonal relationships and of having purposeand meaning of life have been obtained. At the same time, confident behavior correlates positivelywith the assessment of the quality of interpersonal relationships

  • Issue Year: 2/2019
  • Issue No: 1-2
  • Page Range: 139-150
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Russian