General Mental Health and Subjective Well-Being Among University Students: The Moderating Role of Personal Cultural Orientations

The aim of the present study was to examine the associations among general mental health, personal culture orientations, and subjective well-being in a sample of Greek 662 university students (66.3% females, M age = 21.35). It additionally explored the moderating role of personal cultural orientations in the link between general mental health and subjective well-being. The findings indicated that general mental health was positively correlated with subjective well-being, independence, interdependence, tradition, and prudence, and negatively with power, risk aversion, and ambiguity intolerance. Similarly, subjective well-being showed positive associations with independence, interdependence, tradition, and prudence, while it was negatively linked to risk aversion and ambiguity intolerance. Moderation analyses revealed that independence, interdependence, and prudence enhanced the positive association between general mental health and subjective well-being among university students. The current findings add to the shortage of information available on the interaction between personal cultural orientations and general mental health in explaining subjective well-being in university students. Practical implications are also discussed.