Short, Cassie ORCID: 0000-0001-7799-7783, Barnes, Steven
ORCID: 0000-0002-5114-2178, Carson, Jerome
ORCID: 0000-0002-7596-116X and Platt, I.
(2018)
Happiness as a predictor of resilience in students at a further education college.
Journal of Further and Higher Education, 40 (2).
pp. 170-184.
ISSN 1469-9486
Abstract
While the positive relationship between happiness and resilience amongst students is established, diversity in further education (FE) students warrants investigation into potential differences in the strength of this relationship. In respect of the multifaceted definition of the concept, two happiness measures were completed by respondents. This allowed investigation into the potential for the two measures to reflect differing features of happiness and allowed a more specific insight into the role happiness plays in the resilience of FE students. In this study, the predictive relationships of happiness with resilience among three level 3 populations – A-Level, BTEC and Access to HE at a further education college in the UK (N = 443) – are examined by means of self-report. Multiple regression analysis showed that happiness measures correlate with resilience, making independent contributions. Relative importance of happiness measures in predicting resilience also differs across pathways. Findings are discussed in terms of diversity of FE students and diversity of happiness within these populations. This research highlights a variation in significance of different facets of happiness on resilience, with implications for pastoral care in FE.
Item Type: | Article |
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Additional Information: | Paper published in Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2020 Copyright © Taylor & Francis |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | happiness, resilience, education, further education |
Divisions: | School of Education and Psychology > Psychology |
Depositing User: | Tracey Gill |
Date Deposited: | 11 Jan 2019 10:17 |
Last Modified: | 21 Feb 2020 09:49 |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/0309877X.2018.1527021 |
URI: | http://ubir.bolton.ac.uk/id/eprint/2091 |
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