Status of Psychological Capital of Students in Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences | ||
| Health Education and Health Promotion | ||
| Article 2, Volume 6, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 53-58 PDF (743.4 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Research | ||
| DOI: 10.29252/HEHP.6.2.53 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Z. Rezaei 1; A. Vahabi 2; Gh. Karimianpour * 3; A. Latifi 4; Sh. Ramezani 5; E. Nouri 6; M. Moradi7 | ||
| 1Students Research Committee, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran | ||
| 2Medical Laboratory Sciences Department, Paramedicine Faculty, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran | ||
| 3Educational Sciences Department, Education & Psychology Faculty, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardebil, Iran | ||
| 4Public Health Department, Public Health Faculty, Maragheh University of Medical Sciences, Maragheh, Iran | ||
| 5Educational Sciences Department, Education & Psychology Faculty, kamyaran Branch, Payam-e-noor University, kamyaran, Iran | ||
| 6Public Health Department, Public Health Faculty, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran | ||
| 7Research & Technology Deputy, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Aims: The psychological capital is one of the important indicators of positive psychology and it has positive outcomes for students. The present research aimed at studying the status of psychological capital of students in Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences and its related factors. Instruments and Methods: The present descriptive-analytical cross sectional research was conducted among 384 students in Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences in 2016. The samples were selected by simple random sampling method. Luthans et al.’s psychological capital questionnaire was employed for the data collection and data analysis was performed, using SPSS 22 software by descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (Mann-Whitney U test and Kruskal-Wallis test). Findings: A total of 150 participants (39.2%) were male and 233 (60.8%) were female; 351 participants (91.6%) were single and 32 (8.4%) were married. The mean score of the psychological capital of students was 89.09±9.98. Minimum and maximum means were measured for Optimism and Self-efficacy. There was a significant relationship between sex, field of study, academic degree, and faculty place with psychological capital (p<0.05). Conclusion: Factors such as sex, field of study, academic degree, and faculty place are effective in the psychological capital of students. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Resilience Psychological; Students; medical sciences | ||
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