Cargando…

A Latent Profile Analysis of PERMA: Associations with Physical Activity and Psychological Distress among Chinese Nursing College Students

Background: The wellbeing of college students is an important concern for public health, and may have associations with insufficient physical activity and psychological distress. This study aimed to identify the latent classes of wellbeing based on the PERMA (i.e., positive emotions, engagement, rel...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Qi, Meiling, Sun, Qian, Zhao, Xiangyu, Gao, Yiming, Zhao, Di, Shen, Shiyu, Zayidan, Polat, Xiu, Ziyang, Li, Ping
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9735477/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36498172
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192316098
_version_ 1784846774527066112
author Qi, Meiling
Sun, Qian
Zhao, Xiangyu
Gao, Yiming
Zhao, Di
Shen, Shiyu
Zayidan, Polat
Xiu, Ziyang
Li, Ping
author_facet Qi, Meiling
Sun, Qian
Zhao, Xiangyu
Gao, Yiming
Zhao, Di
Shen, Shiyu
Zayidan, Polat
Xiu, Ziyang
Li, Ping
author_sort Qi, Meiling
collection PubMed
description Background: The wellbeing of college students is an important concern for public health, and may have associations with insufficient physical activity and psychological distress. This study aimed to identify the latent classes of wellbeing based on the PERMA (i.e., positive emotions, engagement, relationships, meaning, and accomplishments) wellbeing framework, and to explore their associations with levels of physical activity and psychological distress. Methods: A cross-sectional online survey was conducted. A latent profile analysis was performed to characterize the different classes of wellbeing of nursing college students. Results: A group of 1741 nursing college students in China completed the study. Three wellbeing classes were identified in the final model (i.e., low-level wellbeing, moderate-level wellbeing, and high-level wellbeing). Significant differences were found between the three classes in terms of gender (p = 0.002) and year of study (p = 0.038). Low levels of physical activity participation were significantly associated with lower odds of being in the high-level wellbeing class compared with the moderate-level wellbeing class (OR = 1.398, 95%CI [1.023, 1.910], p = 0.035). Lower levels of psychological distress were also associated with greater wellbeing among the three wellbeing classes (p < 0.05). Conclusions: Effective strategies are needed to increase college students’ physical activity participation and decrease the severity of psychological distress to improve their health and wellbeing in China.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-9735477
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2022
publisher MDPI
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-97354772022-12-11 A Latent Profile Analysis of PERMA: Associations with Physical Activity and Psychological Distress among Chinese Nursing College Students Qi, Meiling Sun, Qian Zhao, Xiangyu Gao, Yiming Zhao, Di Shen, Shiyu Zayidan, Polat Xiu, Ziyang Li, Ping Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Background: The wellbeing of college students is an important concern for public health, and may have associations with insufficient physical activity and psychological distress. This study aimed to identify the latent classes of wellbeing based on the PERMA (i.e., positive emotions, engagement, relationships, meaning, and accomplishments) wellbeing framework, and to explore their associations with levels of physical activity and psychological distress. Methods: A cross-sectional online survey was conducted. A latent profile analysis was performed to characterize the different classes of wellbeing of nursing college students. Results: A group of 1741 nursing college students in China completed the study. Three wellbeing classes were identified in the final model (i.e., low-level wellbeing, moderate-level wellbeing, and high-level wellbeing). Significant differences were found between the three classes in terms of gender (p = 0.002) and year of study (p = 0.038). Low levels of physical activity participation were significantly associated with lower odds of being in the high-level wellbeing class compared with the moderate-level wellbeing class (OR = 1.398, 95%CI [1.023, 1.910], p = 0.035). Lower levels of psychological distress were also associated with greater wellbeing among the three wellbeing classes (p < 0.05). Conclusions: Effective strategies are needed to increase college students’ physical activity participation and decrease the severity of psychological distress to improve their health and wellbeing in China. MDPI 2022-12-01 /pmc/articles/PMC9735477/ /pubmed/36498172 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192316098 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
spellingShingle Article
Qi, Meiling
Sun, Qian
Zhao, Xiangyu
Gao, Yiming
Zhao, Di
Shen, Shiyu
Zayidan, Polat
Xiu, Ziyang
Li, Ping
A Latent Profile Analysis of PERMA: Associations with Physical Activity and Psychological Distress among Chinese Nursing College Students
title A Latent Profile Analysis of PERMA: Associations with Physical Activity and Psychological Distress among Chinese Nursing College Students
title_full A Latent Profile Analysis of PERMA: Associations with Physical Activity and Psychological Distress among Chinese Nursing College Students
title_fullStr A Latent Profile Analysis of PERMA: Associations with Physical Activity and Psychological Distress among Chinese Nursing College Students
title_full_unstemmed A Latent Profile Analysis of PERMA: Associations with Physical Activity and Psychological Distress among Chinese Nursing College Students
title_short A Latent Profile Analysis of PERMA: Associations with Physical Activity and Psychological Distress among Chinese Nursing College Students
title_sort latent profile analysis of perma: associations with physical activity and psychological distress among chinese nursing college students
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9735477/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36498172
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192316098
work_keys_str_mv AT qimeiling alatentprofileanalysisofpermaassociationswithphysicalactivityandpsychologicaldistressamongchinesenursingcollegestudents
AT sunqian alatentprofileanalysisofpermaassociationswithphysicalactivityandpsychologicaldistressamongchinesenursingcollegestudents
AT zhaoxiangyu alatentprofileanalysisofpermaassociationswithphysicalactivityandpsychologicaldistressamongchinesenursingcollegestudents
AT gaoyiming alatentprofileanalysisofpermaassociationswithphysicalactivityandpsychologicaldistressamongchinesenursingcollegestudents
AT zhaodi alatentprofileanalysisofpermaassociationswithphysicalactivityandpsychologicaldistressamongchinesenursingcollegestudents
AT shenshiyu alatentprofileanalysisofpermaassociationswithphysicalactivityandpsychologicaldistressamongchinesenursingcollegestudents
AT zayidanpolat alatentprofileanalysisofpermaassociationswithphysicalactivityandpsychologicaldistressamongchinesenursingcollegestudents
AT xiuziyang alatentprofileanalysisofpermaassociationswithphysicalactivityandpsychologicaldistressamongchinesenursingcollegestudents
AT liping alatentprofileanalysisofpermaassociationswithphysicalactivityandpsychologicaldistressamongchinesenursingcollegestudents
AT qimeiling latentprofileanalysisofpermaassociationswithphysicalactivityandpsychologicaldistressamongchinesenursingcollegestudents
AT sunqian latentprofileanalysisofpermaassociationswithphysicalactivityandpsychologicaldistressamongchinesenursingcollegestudents
AT zhaoxiangyu latentprofileanalysisofpermaassociationswithphysicalactivityandpsychologicaldistressamongchinesenursingcollegestudents
AT gaoyiming latentprofileanalysisofpermaassociationswithphysicalactivityandpsychologicaldistressamongchinesenursingcollegestudents
AT zhaodi latentprofileanalysisofpermaassociationswithphysicalactivityandpsychologicaldistressamongchinesenursingcollegestudents
AT shenshiyu latentprofileanalysisofpermaassociationswithphysicalactivityandpsychologicaldistressamongchinesenursingcollegestudents
AT zayidanpolat latentprofileanalysisofpermaassociationswithphysicalactivityandpsychologicaldistressamongchinesenursingcollegestudents
AT xiuziyang latentprofileanalysisofpermaassociationswithphysicalactivityandpsychologicaldistressamongchinesenursingcollegestudents
AT liping latentprofileanalysisofpermaassociationswithphysicalactivityandpsychologicaldistressamongchinesenursingcollegestudents