Diversity of Personal Resources VS. The Quality of Life of Students from the University of Physical Education in Warsaw

Abstract

Introduction. The aim of the paper was to determine the level of diversity in selected personal resources and deficits of students of the Faculty of Physical Education and Sport (FPES) of the University of Physical Education in Warsaw, who exhibit diversity in the level of their quality of life. Material and methods. 205 persons participated in the study. By means of the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), the level of the respondents' quality of life was determined. Next, the diversity of personal resources level and deficits in relation to the diverse level of life were defined. Personal resources and deficits were determined by means of the following research methods: Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), Personality Inventory (NEO-FFI), Hope for Success Questionnaire (KNS), Generalised Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES), Life Orientation Test (LOT-R), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Value Crisis Questionnaire (KKW). Results. High level of the quality of life was determined in one out of four students. The academic youth characterised by high level of the quality of life were more extrovert, optimistic, success driven and self-assured. On the other hand, they exhibited low level of neuroticism, value crisis and depressive disorders. Conclusions. The academic youth ought to be supported in their search for values and the meaning of life by modifications in curricula so as to actively stimulate the development of students' personal resources co-determining their high quality of life.Key words: the quality of life, personal resources, deficits, physical education students I In nt tr ro od du uc ct ti io on nPositive psychology measures and nurtures the best values in human life. The fundamental goal of positive psychology is to foster the development of strengths in humans, their values and virtues, to give the opportunity for a person to live their life to the fullest, to develop and to perfect oneself in pursuit of happiness [1,2]. Positive psychologists do not deny the existence of deficits and disorders. However, they believe that one ought to focus on the positive aspects of human functioning and ought to develop social and individual resources [3].The quality of life is a term whose origins go back to economy and the term's further development is connected with medicine and psychology. Although researchers have been interested in the quality of life for more than 30 years, the definition of the term, one which would transcend its interdisciplinary character, is still to be presented [4,5,6].Psychology understands the quality of life as satisfaction with one's life, the satisfaction being a result of an assessment and valuation of various spheres of life and life as a whole. The result of the assessment can have a more cognitive character. Therefore, we can measure the quality of life by the feeling of satisfaction. The result can also belong to the category of emotions/experiences. In such case, we can rather talk about the level of satisfaction with various spheres of life and life as a whole [7].Oleś [4...

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