Volume 29, Issue 1
DOI: 10.24205/03276716.2020.111
INFLUENCE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION ON THE COMPREHENSIVE QUALITY OF HIGHER EDUCATION
Abstract
The institutions of higher education are the cradle of future talents. The psychological capital (PsyCap) construction is an important task of higher education. This paper attempts to disclose how PsyCap construction affects the comprehensive quality of higher education, i.e. the professional learning, practical ability and emotion control of college students. First, the author summed up the overall state and demographic differences of PsyCap of college students and those of the comprehensive quality of higher education. Next, the relationship among PsyCap construction, optimistic emotion and comprehensive quality of higher education was discussed in details. The relevant evaluation indices were tested by the original and modified structural equation model. The results show that the college students have a relatively high level of PsyCap; the comprehensive quality of higher education has a positive correlation with both PsyCap construction and optimistic emotion; PsyCap construction shows a greater promoting effect than optimistic emotion on the comprehensive quality of higher education. The research results provide suggestions on improving the mental health of college students and the comprehensive quality of higher education.
Keywords
Psychological Capital (PsyCap), Higher Education, Comprehensive Quality, Optimistic Emotion.