The purpose of this study was to characterize psychological distress in collegiate music students via analysis of related latent constructs. The relationships between psychological distress, perceived stress, perception of learning environment, financial stress, social support, and resilience were examined simultaneously via structural equation modeling with psychological distress as the primary endogenous variable. A structural model was developed a priori based on established relationships between the latent variables in the extant literature. Each construct was quantified via indicators drawn from appropriate psychometric inventories. Each inventory, and the total measurement model, was assessed for model fit via confirmatory factor analysis. Following this, structural equation modeling was run with the weighted least square mean and variance adjusted (WLSMV) estimator to test the a priori structural model. Significant direct relationships were found between perception of learning environment and perceived stress and between perceived stress and psychological distress. Significant correlational relationships were found among perception of learning environment, financial stress, social support, and resilience. In this study, perception of learning environment predicted perceived stress in a sample of college music students. Additionally, perceived stress was the primary predictor of psychological distress in this sample.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc2332662 |
| Date | 05 1900 |
| Creators | McGoldrick, Brian B. |
| Contributors | Surve, Sajid, Chesky, Kris S., Hull, Darrell M. |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | Text |
| Rights | Public, McGoldrick, Brian B., Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved. |
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