RT Journal Article
T1 Well-being and health perception of university students in Portugal: the influence of parental support and love relationship
A1 Alves, Regina Ferreira
A1 Precioso, José
A1 Becoña Iglesias, Elisardo
K1 Higher education
K1 Happiness
K1 Life satisfaction
AB Background:The mental health of university students has been the subject of great attention from scientific investigations, not only to provide contextualised information, but additionally since high levels of well-being predicted a quality education. This study aims to evaluate the perception of well-being and health of university students, exploring the psychometric properties of the Well-being and Health Perception Scale (WbHPS) and analysing the influence of sociodemographic variables.Participants and procedure:A questionnaire was applied to a representative sample of 840 university students in Portugal stratified by year of academic attendance and scientific area of study. The WbHPS consists of 5 items measured on a 5-point Likert scale. We considered as explanatory variables the year of study and scientific area, sex, age, love rela-tionship, professional situation and BMI.Results:The WbHPS showed good psychometric properties, indicating the presence of an explanatory factor of 58.45% of variance and a good internal consistency (α = .81). The obtained results identified WbHPS as being inde-pendently associated with being in a love relationship, having a normal weight and not being displaced after starting at university.Conclusions:It is necessary to (re)think about disease prevention and health promotion actions in higher education, with psy-chosocial interventions that truly reflect on the well-being and health of university students.
PB University of Gdansk. Institute of Psychology
SN 2353-4184
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/27326
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/27326
LA eng
NO Alves, R. F., Precioso, J. A.,  & Becoña, E. (2020). Well-being and health perception of university students in Portugal: the influence of parental support and love relationship. Health Psychology Report, 8(2), 145-154
DS Minerva
RD 22 abr 2026