ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Psychol.
Sec. Positive Psychology
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1614803
Life Satisfaction and Psychological Well-being among Medical Students: The Mediating Role of Psychological Capital
Provisionally accepted
Hanaa M Abo Shereda1,2,3
Rehab Alhazm1,3Evangelin Sally Jeya Singh1,3Iblouj Abulaziz Alkhalaf1,3Butool Ali Alshehri1,3
Zeinab A. Kasemy4,5*Taghreed Ali Alanazi1,3- 1King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (KAIMRC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- 2Department of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Menoufia University, Egypt., Shibin Elkom city, Egypt
- 3College of Nursing, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Al-Ahsa, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
- 4Faculty of Medicine, University of Menoufia, Menofia, Egypt
- 5Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Menoufia, Shibin el kom, Egypt
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This study aimed to assess psychological well-being, life satisfaction, and psychological capital levels among health professions students and the mediating role of psychological capital between psychological well-being and life satisfaction. A descriptive cross-sectional research design was employed using a sample of 217 health professions students from King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences. We utilized the Psychological Capital Questionnaire, Psychological Well-Being Scales, and the Satisfaction with Life Scale to collect data. Findings revealed that psychological capital score had a positive and statistically significant impact on life satisfaction (Estimate = 0.23, 95% CI: 0.19 to 0.27, p < 0.001) and on psychological well-being (0.86, 95% CI: 0.70 to 1.03, p < 0.001), suggesting that psychological capital acted as a mediating factor in the relationship between psychological well-being and life satisfaction (p < 0.001). This study sheds light on the importance of cultivating psychological capital and its effect on satisfaction of life and psychological well-being in health professions students.
Keywords: life satisfaction, health professions students, Mediating factor, psychological wellbeing, psychological capital. Clinical trial number: "Not applicable" Clinical Trial Registration: Not applicable
Received: 23 Apr 2025; Accepted: 21 Jul 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Abo Shereda, Alhazm, Jeya Singh, Alkhalaf, Alshehri, Kasemy and Alanazi. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Zeinab A. Kasemy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Menoufia, Menofia, Egypt
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