Stress and the associated correlates, such as depression, alcohol abuse, and suicidal ideation, are a global issue among college and university students. We assert that character is a personal resource that students have at their disposal to address personal, social, and environmental challenges they may encounter in their personal and academic lives. The results of a field study involving undergraduate business students show that character, operationalized as a higher order construct consisting of 11 interrelated dimensions, has a direct effect on the subjective well-being of students and an indirect effect through the perceived stressfulness of life events. Our results imply that it is essential for faculty and students at management education institutions to fully appreciate the importance of character for effective functioning and to develop the various character dimensions to address adverse personal, social, and environmental situations in a positive fashion.

压力及其相关的相关因素，例如抑郁，酗酒和自杀意念，是大学生中的一个全球性问题。我们认为，品格是一种个人资源，学生可以利用它来应对他们在个人和学术生活中可能遇到的个人，社会和环境挑战。一项涉及商科本科生的实地研究的结果表明，性格作为由11个相互联系的维度组成的高阶结构而运作，对学生的主观幸福感具有直接影响，而对生活事件的压力感则具有间接影响。