Psychological well-being, depression, and anxiety in Japanese university students.
BACKGROUND
In order to further investigate the relationship of psychological well-being with depression and anxiety.


METHODS
Students from five universities were solicited to participate in this study and 545 students with a mean age of 20.1 (SD = 2.2) years were finally accessed to analysis.


RESULTS
All six dimensions-autonomy (AU), environment mastery (EM), personal growth (PG), positive relationships with others (PR), purpose in life (PL), and self-acceptance (SA)-of the Scales of Psychological Well-being Inventory (SPWB) were moderately negatively correlated with depression and anxiety as measured by the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). Furthermore, due to a good fit with the present data, the model of SPWB on depression and anxiety was consistent with the theory of psychological well-being and indicated that HADS depression was predicted by EM, PR, and SA, while HADS anxiety was predicted by AU, EM, PG, PR, and SA.


CONCLUSIONS
SPWB is a reliable measure of well-being for Japanese young adults, and the negative affectivity such as depression and anxiety is to some extent determined by the lack of psychological well-being.
Liu
Qingbo
Q
Department of Clinical Behavioral Sciences, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Science, Kumamoto, Japan. drliuqb@hotmail.com
Shono
Masahiro
M
Kitamura
Toshinori
T
D000293:Adolescent; D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D014175:Translating; D055815:Young Adult