Self-Verification and Well-Being of University Students

Year 2019, Volume: 5 Issue: 2, 32 - 43, 31.12.2019

F. Asli Akun Ümit Behrem

https://doi.org/10.19148/ijhbs.645459

Abstract

Research aims to contribute educational
psychology in the light of understanding students’ self-evaluations and
well-being needs. In our sample, 60 university students mentioned that they
don’t want to be self-verified in interpersonal relations for their neither
positive nor negative personal aspects. Instead, they emphasized that they want
to be self-enhanced in interpersonal relations for their negative personal
characteristics. The reasons might be questioning about validity of the
information or the risk of rejection for friendship or any other cause
meaningful for them that can be studied in further research. Logistic
regression models show that there are significant attributes and aspects of
well-being that explain effecting self; self-verification and enhancement.
Also, they evaluated themselves high in well-being especially on self and life
love and satisfaction. They didn’t point out about energy and/or motivation and
pleasure aspects of well-being that might be barrier for euidomonic and
hedomonic well-being. The results are discussed related with the
literature.  

Keywords

Self verification, well-being, self enhancement

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