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The Influence of Personal Well-Being on Learning Achievement in University Students Over Time: Mediating or Moderating Effects of Internal and External University Engagement

Overview of attention for article published in Frontiers in Psychology, January 2018
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Title
The Influence of Personal Well-Being on Learning Achievement in University Students Over Time: Mediating or Moderating Effects of Internal and External University Engagement
Published in
Frontiers in Psychology, January 2018
DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02287
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Authors

Lu Yu, Daniel T. L. Shek, Xiaoqin Zhu

Abstract

The current study examined the relationship between students' personal well-being and their learning achievement during university study, and whether such relationship would be mediated or moderated by university engagement. A total of 434 university students from one public university in Hong Kong participated in the study. The participants completed an online survey consisting of personal well-being (cognitive behavioral competence and general positive youth development), university engagement, and learning achievement measures (personal growth, and accumulated GPA as academic achievement) at four time points with a 1-year interval. Results showed that personal well-being measured at the beginning of university study positively predicted students' personal growth and academic achievement after 3 years' study. While the internal dimensions of university engagement (academic challenge and learning with peers) showed longitudinal significant mediational effect, the external dimensions (experience with faculty and campus environment) did not have significant longitudinal moderating effect. Nevertheless, external dimensions of student engagement also showed direct effect on personal growth and academic achievement. The long-standing positive effects of personal well-being on university engagement and subsequently, learning achievement during university years call for more attention to the promotion of holistic development among university students in Hong Kong.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 178 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 23 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 22 12%
Student > Bachelor 17 10%
Researcher 13 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 12 7%
Other 35 20%
Unknown 56 31%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 44 25%
Social Sciences 16 9%
Medicine and Dentistry 9 5%
Sports and Recreations 8 4%
Nursing and Health Professions 7 4%
Other 36 20%
Unknown 58 33%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 67. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 05 September 2022.
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