ArticleFrontiers in psychology2021
Do More of What Makes You Happy? The Applicability of Signature Character Strengths and Future Physicians' Well-Being and Health Over Time.
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- Psychological Correlates of Life Satisfaction Among Medical Students in Northern India: A Cross-Sectional Study.Cureus · 2026Article
- The associations among gratitude, job crafting, teacher-student relationships, and teacher psychological well-being.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Well-Being, Mental Health, and Study Characteristics of Medical Students before and during the Pandemic.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- The impact of medical staff's character strengths on job performance in Hangzhou hospitals.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Psychological Capital, Well-being, and Distress of International Students.International journal for the advancement of counseling · 2022Article
- Reality Meets Belief: A Mixed Methods Study on Character Strengths and Well-Being of Hospital Physicians.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Character Strengths Profiles in Medical Professionals and Their Impact on Well-Being.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
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Abstract
Research on applying signature character strengths demonstrated positive effects on well-being, health and work behavior. Future health care professionals represent a group at risk for impaired well-being due to high study demands. This study investigates potential long-term protective effects on well-being. In total, 504 medical students participated in a longitudinal online study, with at least 96 providing complete data at all three time points (time lag: 1 year). Data on individual signature character strengths and their applicability, thriving (subjective and psychological well-being), work engagement, burnout, mental and physical health were collected. Longitudinal relations of signature character strengths' applicability and well-being, mental and physical health were tested with cross-lagged panel analyses. Moreover, indirect longitudinal mediation effects via work engagement and emotional exhaustion were considered. Cross-lagged panel analyses demonstrated significant positive effects of thriving on signature character strengths' applicability at later time points (
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