ArticleBMC psychology2025
The relationship of future anxiety with a multidimensional framework of well-being among undergraduate students: optimism and pessimism as mediators.
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- Future anxiety and psychological wellbeing among sport sciences students: the mediating role of mental toughness and the moderating roles of income level and gender.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Job search anxiety and flourishing among university students: the serial mediating effects of social support and strengths use.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Psychological Resilience and Future Anxiety Among University Students: The Mediating Role of Subjective Well-Being.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Does graduate students' satisfaction with research laboratory affect their anxiety? Findings from a cross-sectional study at a Japanese university.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundEnhancing and maintaining well-being is of great importance for university students to improve their future lives. Therefore, determining the factors that promote well-being is essential. This study aimed to examine the mediating roles of optimism and pessimism in the association between future anxiety and well-being after controlling gender, age, faculty, and department.
methods1024 undergraduate students participated in the study. The mean age of students was 20.27 years (SD = 2.02). Preliminary analyses were conducted to determine descriptive statistics, Cronbach's alpha coefficients, normality, and correlation coefficients between study variables. Mediation analyses were performed to investigate the mediating roles of optimism and pessimism in the association between future anxiety and well-being.
resultsThe results of the study showed that future anxiety was positively associated with pessimism, and negatively associated with optimism, positive emotions, engagement, positive relationships, meaning and accomplishment. Optimism had a positive relationship with the constructs of well-being model, and pessimism had a negative relationship with the pillars of well-being. Optimism and pessimism served as mediators in the link between future anxiety and well-being.
conclusionThe findings of this study indicate that students who are anxious about the future are less optimistic and more pessimistic, which in turn leads to lower well-being. The current study suggests that future-oriented thinking and individual strengths, including optimism, should be incorporated into the mental health management of university administrations to promote the well-being of university students.
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