Differential associations between interpersonal variables and quality-of-life in a sample of college students.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Humans are fundamentally social beings, and the relationships we form with others are crucial for our well-being. Research across a variety of domains has established the association between a variety of interpersonal factors and health outcomes, including quality-of-life. However, there is a need for a more integrative, holistic analysis of these variables and how they relate to one another.

Methods

Undergraduate students (n = 1456) from four universities across the United States completed self-report measures of their quality-of-life and a variety of interpersonal factors identified as important predictors across the literature. We examined zero-order correlations between these measures and quality-of-life, estimated a path model to look at unique variance accounte

SUBMITTER: Kuczynski AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7323708 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature