Table 2.
Comparing the levels of mental wellbeing, self-compassion and academic engagement (vigour, dedication and absorption) between 156 Indonesian students and 144 UK students.
| Indonesian Students | UK Students | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | M | SD | α | M | SD | α | t | MD | CI 95% [L, U] | d | |
| Mental Wellbeing | 23.43 | 4.30 | 0.72 | 23.94 | 4.86 | 0.85 | 0.96 | 0.51 | −0.54 | 1.55 | 0.11 |
| Self-Compassion *** | 3.32 | 0.50 | 0.67 | 2.87 | 0.67 | 0.84 | −6.55 | −0.45 | −0.59 | −0.32 | −0.77 |
| Vigour | 3.63 | 0.94 | 0.72 | 3.70 | 1.08 | 0.76 | 0.60 | 0.07 | −0.16 | 0.30 | 0.07 |
| Dedication *** | 3.87 | 0.93 | 0.60 | 4.75 | 0.97 | 0.63 | 8.06 | 0.88 | 0.67 | 1.10 | 0.93 |
| Absorption *** | 3.78 | 0.97 | 0.79 | 3.13 | 1.35 | 0.80 | −4.81 | −0.66 | −0.92 | −0.39 | −0.56 |
*** p < 0.001 α = Cronbach’s alpha significant difference between the two groups according to Welch t-tests.