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Exploring the Relationship between Hedonic and Eudaimonic Behaviour and Momentary Affect in University Students using Experience Sampling
Stahmer, Tom (2023) Exploring the Relationship between Hedonic and Eudaimonic Behaviour and Momentary Affect in University Students using Experience Sampling.
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| Abstract: | Mental health issues are a common problem among university students. However, to fully understand mental health, we should view as a two-factor model consisting of two dimensions, one to determine the presence or absence of mental illness and one to determine the levels of mental well-being ranging from languishing to flourishing. Hedonia and eudaimonia are two well-studied concepts, but there is an ongoing debate about how they relate to and influence flourishing. The present study investigated the frequencies with which university students engage in hedonic and eudaimonic behaviours and how those effect their momentary affect. Using the Experience Sampling Method, 18 university students, consisting of four flourishers, with a mean age of 22.4, were investigated. For seven days, three times per day, the participants filled out questionnaires about the last activity they engaged in and their levels of momentary affect. Flourishing university students engaged more often in simultaneously hedonic and eudaimonic and in solely eudaimonic activities than non-flourishing students. Simultaneously hedonic and eudaimonic activities had the greatest impact on momentary affect, leading to the highest scores on positive momentary affect and the lowest scores on negative momentary affect. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Bachelor) |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Subject: | 77 psychology |
| Programme: | Psychology BSc (56604) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/95212 |
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