Happiness, Life Satisfaction and Emotional Exhaustion Among University Students in Spain and Germany: Exploratory Between-Sample Comparisons
Ana María Morales-Rodríguez, Francisco Manuel Morales-Rodríguez · 2026
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Ana María Morales-Rodríguez and Francisco Manuel Morales-Rodríguez compare well-being among university students in Spain and Germany. Students face heavy study and emotional demands, and burnout is a growing concern. The pair gave both groups surveys covering happiness, life satisfaction, study-related well-being, burnout signs such as emotional exhaustion, and feelings about caring work.
Students in both countries scored well on several well-being measures yet still showed signs of strain. Life satisfaction rose alongside happiness and fell as burnout signs grew. No clear differences appeared between men and women. After careful adjustment for the many tests run, the two country groups still differed on ten of seventeen measures. The largest gaps touched satisfaction with caring work and expected job satisfaction. The authors stress that the pattern is mixed rather than a win for either country, and they urge support for student well-being.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Ana María Morales-Rodríguez, Francisco Manuel Morales-Rodríguez |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 35 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |