Relationship between Sense of Coherence, Positive Psychological Capitals and Mental Wellbeing: A Cross-Cultural Analysis
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Keywords

Sense of Coherence, Positive Psychological Capitals, Mental Health, Wellbeing, China, Pakistan

Abstract

Sense of coherence is an individuals’ ability reflected by a person’s reaction in stressful situation. Psychological Capital (PsyCap) is an optimistic psychological reserve that has been arisen from the positive psychology. According to the Positive psychologist, well-being comes under the umbrella of positive psychology and it is interrelated to satisfaction of life of a person and positive feelings. The present research investigated the relationship between sense of coherence & positive psychological capitals and their effect on well-being among Chinese and Pakistani students. A sample of Chinese and Pakistani participants (N = 271) through purposive convenient sample was used to gather the research data. Sense of coherence positive psychological capitals and Short Warwick Edinburgh well-being Questionnaire were used to collect the data regarding study variables. The findings suggest that the positive psychological capitals positively predict wellbeing among Chinese and Pakistani participants. The further analysis suggested that the Pakistani and Chinese males scored significantly higher on well-being as compared to their female counterparts. Findings also confirmed that positive psychological capitals positively predict wellbeing among study participants. This research analyzed sense of coherence alongside its three dimensions known as meaningfulness, manageability and comprehensiveness, and the findings are in line with the pervious literatures.

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