| Reference : Life Satisfaction and mobility: Their associations with career attitudes, and health-... |
| Scientific journals : Article | |||
| Social & behavioral sciences, psychology : Sociology & social sciences | |||
| Educational Sciences | |||
| http://hdl.handle.net/10993/44409 | |||
| Life Satisfaction and mobility: Their associations with career attitudes, and health-related factors among postgraduates having studied in universities intra EU and outside EU | |
| English | |
| Odero, Angela [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE) >] | |
Chauvel, Louis  [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE) >] | |
| Hartung, Anne [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE) >] | |
| Le Bihan, Etienne [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Social Sciences (DSOC) >] | |
| Baumann, Michèle [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > >] | |
| 2020 | |
| BMC Public Health | |
| BioMed Central | |
| 20 | |
| 3 | |
| Yes (verified by ORBilu) | |
| International | |
| 1471-2458 | |
| United Kingdom | |
| [en] Life satisfaction ; Student mobility abroad ; Postgraduates ; Health satisfaction ; Career attitudes ; Cultural capital | |
| [en] Background. University postgraduates’ mobility towards, and outside the EU is continuously increasing, creating a competitive context in which maintaining a high life satisfaction (LS) is a public health challenge. However, the relationship between LS and its determinants among this population are under-documented. Our aims were to measure LS indicators of mobile postgraduates (Intra EU: Who pursue part of their studies in Europe; Outside EU: Who study outside of Europe) versus non-mobile (pursue their studies in Luxembourg), and to analyze the associations between LS and career attitudes, socioeconomic characteristics, and health-related factors for each group.
Method. Six hundred and sixty-four (644) students obtained financial aid from the Luxembourgish government independent of their family’s socioeconomic situation. Contacted by post, they completed an online questionnaire. Analyses included a multiple linear regression model in which only significant relationships (p < 0.05) were used. Results.Three groups were created: Mobile intra EU (n = 381), mobile outside EU (n = 43) and non-mobile (n = 66) postgraduates. Health satisfaction was positively linked to LS, in all groups. Among the mobile outside EU group, majority (63.2%) were men and 57.9% did not live alone - health was the only determinant which contributed to their LS. Among the mobile intra EU, majority (57.8%) were women, and 64.3% not living alone. Autonomy and career adaptability attitudes were positively associated with their LS (b: 0.210 and 0.119, respectively), whereas the worry factor was negatively (b: − 0.153 and -0.159) associated. The non-mobile, were the oldest of the three groups. Majority (51.6%) were women, and 93.7% did not live alone. Career optimism and planning attitudes were positively correlated to their LS (regression parameter estimates (b: 0.400 and 0.212, respectively). Conclusions.Attention should be devoted to the LS of local and cosmopolitan students, as it seems to be a relevant health indicator. Overall, the farther the mobility was, the higher the postgraduates’ general LS (8.5/10) was; this indicator was higher than the LS indicator for the age group 25–34 years 7.53/10 (EU-28, in 2013). University’ services could promote the development of career projects and the promotion of health to enhance postgraduates’ LS. University policy makers need to ensure this for all students. | |
| Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE) > PEARL Institute for Research on Socio-Economic Inequality (IRSEI) | |
| University of Luxembourg - UL | |
| R-AGR-0278 > CAPJOB > 15/06/2013 - 14/06/2016 > BAUMANN Michele | |
| Researchers ; Professionals ; Students ; General public | |
| http://hdl.handle.net/10993/44409 | |
| 10.1186/s12889-019-7913-8 | |
| https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-019-7913-8 |
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