Browsing by Author "Sirag Karagoezian"

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    Psychological Mindedness, Self-awareness and Empathy as Predictors of Psychological Wellbeing in University vs. Non-university Emerging Adults
    (2018) Sirag Karagoezian
    Psychological wellbeing is an important part of healthy growth and development. Early emerging adulthood being a stressful period between decisions of choices in life, wellbeing becomes difficult to instill. As such, the purpose of this study was to assess the correlational relationship and predictive value of three different constructs on psychological wellbeing. The constructs are psychological mindedness, self-awareness, and empathy. The goal was to verify predictive value of each and make use of the conclusions in promoting psychological wellbeing of the target age group. The participants of this study (N=215), all emerging adults (18-25 years old), divided into university attending students (N=120) and non-university attending peers (N=95) were Lebanese. The study relied on self-report method, where participants filled in questionnaires that dealt with the different constructs considered. Psychological Mindedness Scale, Self-Consciousness Scale to measure self-awareness, Interpersonal Reactivity Index to measure empathy, and Ryff’s Wellbeing Scale to measure psychological wellbeing of participants. Results attained by the comparison of scores attained on each test, and by performing regression analysis showed that psychological mindedness and self-awareness have predictive value of psychological wellbeing and education plays a mediating factor in promoting the development of these characteristics.