The Role of Optimism as the Mediator between Family and Mental Wellbeing among Secondary School Students in East Java

Rahmat Aziz, Retno Mangestuti, Esa Nur Wahyuni

2018

Abstract

Wellbeing has become a favorite topic in research across scientific disciplines. A dominant force driving focus on the association with physical and mental health and its role in economic development and socio-economic issues. This study aimed to test the optimism as the mediator variable between family and mental wellbeing among students. Subjects were 758 secondary school students in East Java, Indonesia (406 boys and 352 girls). Data obtained through the Brief Family Relationship Scale, Life Orientation Test-Revised, Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale. Data were analyzed by mediated regression analysis. The results showed that family functioning is a predictor of both optimism and wellbeing. The role of family functioning is decreasing even close to zero when regressing with wellbeing is done by including optimism. Thus it was concluded that optimism is a mediator variable from the relationship of family functioning with well-being on students

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Aziz R., Mangestuti R. and Wahyuni E. (2018). The Role of Optimism as the Mediator between Family and Mental Wellbeing among Secondary School Students in East Java.In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Psychology in Health, Educational, Social, and Organizational Settings - Volume 1: ICP-HESOS, ISBN 978-989-758-435-0, pages 345-350. DOI: 10.5220/0008589203450350

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icp-hesos18,
author={Rahmat Aziz and Retno Mangestuti and Esa Nur Wahyuni},
title={The Role of Optimism as the Mediator between Family and Mental Wellbeing among Secondary School Students in East Java},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Psychology in Health, Educational, Social, and Organizational Settings - Volume 1: ICP-HESOS,},
year={2018},
pages={345-350},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008589203450350},
isbn={978-989-758-435-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Psychology in Health, Educational, Social, and Organizational Settings - Volume 1: ICP-HESOS,
TI - The Role of Optimism as the Mediator between Family and Mental Wellbeing among Secondary School Students in East Java
SN - 978-989-758-435-0
AU - Aziz R.
AU - Mangestuti R.
AU - Wahyuni E.
PY - 2018
SP - 345
EP - 350
DO - 10.5220/0008589203450350