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The Relationship Between Contextual and Dispositional Variables, Well-Being and Hopelessness in School Context

The literature’s interest has been focused on the study of well-being or depression. However, there has been little research that investigates the relationship between well-being and hopelessness (HPL) and the underlying contextual and dispositional variables. Therefore, the aim of the present study...

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Autores principales: Buzzai, Caterina, Sorrenti, Luana, Orecchio, Susanna, Marino, Davide, Filippello, Pina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7516339/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33013591
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.533815
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author Buzzai, Caterina
Sorrenti, Luana
Orecchio, Susanna
Marino, Davide
Filippello, Pina
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Orecchio, Susanna
Marino, Davide
Filippello, Pina
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description The literature’s interest has been focused on the study of well-being or depression. However, there has been little research that investigates the relationship between well-being and hopelessness (HPL) and the underlying contextual and dispositional variables. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to examine the relationship between some contextual (need-supportive interpersonal behavior and need-thwarting interpersonal behavior) and dispositional variables (dispositional optimism, positive/negative affectivity, explanatory style), academic achievement, general well-being, and school HPL in adolescent students. The results showed that general well-being was positively predicted by need-supportive interpersonal behavior, dispositional optimism, positive affectivity, and adaptive explanatory style (attribution to commitment in the school context), while it was negatively predicted by negative affectivity. Meanwhile, school HPL was positively predicted by need-thwarting interpersonal behavior, negative affectivity, dysfunctional explanatory style (attribution to luck in the school context), while it was negatively predicted by attribution to commitment in the school context and academic achievement. These results provide useful data for the implementation of well-being promotion and school HPL prevention. The implications are discussed as follows.
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spelling pubmed-75163392020-10-02 The Relationship Between Contextual and Dispositional Variables, Well-Being and Hopelessness in School Context Buzzai, Caterina Sorrenti, Luana Orecchio, Susanna Marino, Davide Filippello, Pina Front Psychol Psychology The literature’s interest has been focused on the study of well-being or depression. However, there has been little research that investigates the relationship between well-being and hopelessness (HPL) and the underlying contextual and dispositional variables. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to examine the relationship between some contextual (need-supportive interpersonal behavior and need-thwarting interpersonal behavior) and dispositional variables (dispositional optimism, positive/negative affectivity, explanatory style), academic achievement, general well-being, and school HPL in adolescent students. The results showed that general well-being was positively predicted by need-supportive interpersonal behavior, dispositional optimism, positive affectivity, and adaptive explanatory style (attribution to commitment in the school context), while it was negatively predicted by negative affectivity. Meanwhile, school HPL was positively predicted by need-thwarting interpersonal behavior, negative affectivity, dysfunctional explanatory style (attribution to luck in the school context), while it was negatively predicted by attribution to commitment in the school context and academic achievement. These results provide useful data for the implementation of well-being promotion and school HPL prevention. The implications are discussed as follows. Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-09-11 /pmc/articles/PMC7516339/ /pubmed/33013591 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.533815 Text en Copyright © 2020 Buzzai, Sorrenti, Orecchio, Marino and Filippello. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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title_short The Relationship Between Contextual and Dispositional Variables, Well-Being and Hopelessness in School Context
title_sort relationship between contextual and dispositional variables, well-being and hopelessness in school context
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7516339/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33013591
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.533815
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