Happiness, Positive Emotions, Cognitive Appraisal, and Coping in University Students of Metropolitan Lima

 

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Autor: Loayza-Rivas, José David
Formato: artículo original
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de Publicación:2021
Descripción:Objective. The main objective of this study was to examine the influence of happiness by cognitive appraisal and positive emotions on stress coping in university students. Method. 352 people participated in the study, 70.2% were women, with an age range of between 19 and 35 years. Structural Equation Models (SEM) were tested to estimate the influence of happiness in the stress process and coping. Results. The results showed expected correlations between the variables and a good fit of the proposed models. Happiness influences the use of adaptive coping strategies, through the cognitive appraisal of challenge (β = .220; p < .001) and the experience of positive emotions (β = .159; p = .001). In conclusion, happiness plays an important role inthe stress and coping process.
País:Portal de Revistas UCR
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Lenguaje:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/37198
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/actualidades/article/view/37198
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Happiness
Positive Emotions
Cognitive Appraisal
Coping
University Students
felicidad
emociones positivas
evaluación cognitiva
afrontamiento
estudiantes universitarios