Life Satisfaction and mobility: Their associations with career attitudes, and health-related factors among postgraduates having studied in universities intra EU and outside EU

Autor: Anne Hartung, Etienne Le Bihan, Michèle Baumann, Angela Odero, Louis Chauvel
Přispěvatelé: University of Luxembourg - UL [sponsor], Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE) > PEARL Institute for Research on Socio-Economic Inequality (IRSEI) [research center]
Rok vydání: 2019
Předmět:
Adult
Male
Health satisfaction
medicine.medical_specialty
Universities
media_common.quotation_subject
Population
International Educational Exchange
050109 social psychology
Context (language use)
Computer-assisted web interviewing
Personal Satisfaction
Job Satisfaction
Sociologie & sciences sociales [H10] [Sciences sociales & comportementales
psychologie]
Young Adult
Optimism
Postgraduates
medicine
Career attitudes
Humans
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Education
Graduate
European Union
education
Students
Socioeconomic status
media_common
education.field_of_study
business.industry
Public health
lcsh:Public aspects of medicine
05 social sciences
Public Health
Environmental and Occupational Health
050301 education
Life satisfaction
lcsh:RA1-1270
Health indicator
Cross-Sectional Studies
Sociology & social sciences [H10] [Social & behavioral sciences
psychology]
Student mobility abroad
Cultural capital
Female
business
0503 education
Attitude to Health
Demography
Research Article
Zdroj: BMC Public Health
BMC Public Health, Vol 20, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2020)
ISSN: 1471-2458
Popis: Background University postgraduates’ mobility towards, and outside the EU is continuously increasing, creating a competitive context in which maintaining a high life satisfaction (LS) is a public health challenge. However, the relationship between LS and its determinants among this population are under-documented. Our aims were to measure LS indicators of mobile postgraduates (Intra EU: Who pursue part of their studies in Europe; Outside EU: Who study outside of Europe) versus non-mobile (pursue their studies in Luxembourg), and to analyze the associations between LS and career attitudes, socioeconomic characteristics, and health-related factors for each group. Method Six hundred and sixty-four (644) students obtained financial aid from the Luxembourgish government independent of their family’s socioeconomic situation. Contacted by post, they completed an online questionnaire. Analyses included a multiple linear regression model in which only significant relationships (p Results Three groups were created: Mobile intra EU (n = 381), mobile outside EU (n = 43) and non-mobile (n = 66) postgraduates. Health satisfaction was positively linked to LS, in all groups. Among the mobile outside EU group, majority (63.2%) were men and 57.9% did not live alone - health was the only determinant which contributed to their LS. Among the mobile intra EU, majority (57.8%) were women, and 64.3% not living alone. Autonomy and career adaptability attitudes were positively associated with their LS (b: 0.210 and 0.119, respectively), whereas the worry factor was negatively (b: − 0.153 and -0.159) associated. The non-mobile, were the oldest of the three groups. Majority (51.6%) were women, and 93.7% did not live alone. Career optimism and planning attitudes were positively correlated to their LS (regression parameter estimates (b: 0.400 and 0.212, respectively). Conclusions Attention should be devoted to the LS of local and cosmopolitan students, as it seems to be a relevant health indicator. Overall, the farther the mobility was, the higher the postgraduates’ general LS (8.5/10) was; this indicator was higher than the LS indicator for the age group 25–34 years 7.53/10 (EU-28, in 2013). University’ services could promote the development of career projects and the promotion of health to enhance postgraduates’ LS. University policy makers need to ensure this for all students.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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