The Effect Of Well-Being On Life Satisfaction: A Study On Students

Year 2020, Volume: 3 Issue: 1, 59 - 66, 29.06.2020

Beyza Erkoç , Fethi Güngör

Abstract

Well-being and life satisfaction are concepts that are frequently emphasized in today's world. The individuals' desire to maximize the satisfaction they get from their lives has been effective in increasing the importance of these concepts. Universities are major factors in individuals having maximum life satisfaction. This study aimed to identify the effects of well-being on the life satisfaction of vocational school of higher education students and the relationship between these two factors. The study was conducted in December 2018, in Yalova. At the end of the study, it was determined that the level of well-being of the participants was high and their life satisfaction was medium level. It was determined that there was a positive and moderate relationship between well-being and life satisfaction. Moreover, it was determined that well-being had a positive effect on life satisfaction. These results show that well-being is a determinant of life satisfaction. In the frame of these results, some suggestions were made for promoting the well-being and life satisfaction.

Keywords

İyilik Hali, Yaşam Doyumu, Öğrenci

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