Gender differences of cognitive and motivational predictors of student's psychological well-being

Modern Psychology Scientific Bulletin, Армения. 2022. Vol. 10. No. 1. P. 107–115.

Серобян А. К., Григорян А. К., Хачатрян Н. Г., Yerofeyeva V.

The purpose of this study was to investigate gender differences in cog- nitive and motivational factors of achieving success-predetermining stu- dent’s psychological well-being. The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being scale (WEMWBS) was used to measure psychological well-being.

The mindset and promotion/prevention regulatory focus were consi- dered as cognitive and motivational predictors. The study was based upon a sample of 415 students (Mage=20.4, SDage=2.568), of whom 63.5% were women. Two regression models were developed separately, for men and women to identify gender differences in factors contributing to psycho- logical well-being. The promotion focus was a significant predictor for men’s psychological well-being. Women’s psychological well-being was determined by growth mindset and promotion focus. The prevention focus negatively predicted women’s psychological well-being. The results of this study replicated the findings of other studies, that promotion focus has a predictive role in psychological well-being, at the same time revealing gender differences in cognitive and motivational factors of achieving success.

Keywords: психологическое благополучие, регрессионная модель, regression model, Mindset, psychological well-being, образ мышления, self-regulatory focus, регуляторный фокус