This study was intended to examine a range of independent/predictor variables that may impact the independent/outcome variables of stress, anxiety, depression, and wellbeing. The predictor variables examined in this study are workload, loneliness, social support, physical health, compassion, financial stress, sense of meaning in life, and substance use. This study employed a correlational design and was conducted at Mount Royal University during Fall 2022 and Winter 2023. Survey ratings were collected from 384 students from the participant pool of students taking an introductory psychology course. Participants completed a range of surveys measuring stress, anxiety, depression, and wellbeing, as well as being examined in this study are workload, loneliness, social support, physical health, compassion, financial stress, sense of meaning in life, and substance use. Two correlation analyses ...

This mixed methods study investigated the acculturation status and wellbeing of a sample of first-generation immigrants to Canada. The participants were among students taking an Introductory Psychology course at a Canadian university. Interviews were conducted to collect demographic data on the participants, as well as their views on their experience of their country of origin and their current experience in Canada. In addition, their retrospective ratings of their subjective wellbeing before they left their country of origin, as well as their current ratings of their wellbeing in Canada were collected using the Personal Wellbeing Index (PWI) (International Wellbeing Group, 2005). T-test comparisons between the retrospective ratings of the participants prior to immigrating and their current ratings in Canada on the PWI indicated significantly higher levels of satisfaction in the domains ...