Predicting Psychological Health among University Students in light of Psychological, Educational, and Demographic Variables: An Evaluation study

Abstract

Purpose: Psychological health refers to the comprehensive state of an individual's emotional, cognitive, and behavioural well-being. The topic of considerable interest and scholarly investigation pertains to the psychological well-being and emotional stability of university students as they navigate their academic endeavours. This study aimed to examine the influence of various psychological, educational, and demographic factors on the mental health of Jordanian university students. These factors include gender, type of
residence, type of college, academic level, satisfaction with family harmony, level of academic achievement, religiosity, and smoking. In order to accomplish this goal, a psychological health scale was created to evaluate the psychological health of the participants in the study. Method: The sample comprised 1,420 male and female students randomly selected from Jordanian university students enrolled in the second semester of the academic year 2021- 2022. Findings: The study's findings indicated a moderate level of psychological health among university students. The correlation coefficients among the variables under investigation were generally low, but they were found to be statistically significant (p < 0.05). Additionally, all variables made significant contributions to the explanation of the variance in levels of psychological health. Satisfaction with family harmony had the highest explained variance at 14.6%, while academic level had the lowest at 0.6%. Originality/Significance: The results of this study led to the development of a standard linear regression analysis equation for predicting the psychological health levels of university students in Jordan.