RESEARCH ARTICLE
Effect of Students' Emotions on their Positive Psychology: A Study of Higher Education Institutions
Rajat Grover1, Arun Aggarwal1, *, Amit Mittal1
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2020Volume: 13
First Page: 272
Last Page: 281
Publisher ID: TOPSYJ-13-272
DOI: 10.2174/1874350102013010272
Article History:
Received Date: 24/04/2020Revision Received Date: 03/06/2020
Acceptance Date: 07/08/2020
Electronic publication date: 06/10/2020
Collection year: 2020
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Abstract
Background:
In the higher education sector, anticipating and fostering positive emotions manifest the view of positive psychology is considered as an essential practice.
Aims:
The present study aims to identify and statistically validate the different types of students’ emotional indicators.
Methods:
A survey was carried out in three cities, namely Mumbai, Pune, and Chandigarh of India. A total of 566 valid survey responses were analyzed using exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis. The results of the confirmatory factor analysis demonstrated six sets of emotions measurement indicators, namely anger, disgust, happiness, positive emotions, sadness, and fear for measuring students’ emotions.
Results:
Further, the results of path analysis showed that happiness, positive emotions, sadness, disgust, and fear had positive effect on positive psychology.
Conclusion:
Overall, this study highlights the imperativeness of students’ emotional measurement, and the study results provide a deep understanding of both positive and negative emotions measurement, which may further support the overall development of the students, especially in higher education institutions.