Subjective Well-Being and Its Relation to Academic Performance among Students in Medicine, Dentistry, and Other Health Professions
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2020
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Education Sciences
Abstract
Subjective well-being is defined as a person’s cognitive and a ective evaluations of his or
her life. This study aims to investigate the di erences in the domains of subjective well-being based
on gender, type of school, and academic performance. Additionally, the study aimed to determine the
factors (socio-demographic variables, including the academic performance of the students) that are
predictive of subjective well-being. Subjective well-being was assessed using a questionnaire which
included the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), which measured the respondent’s life satisfaction,
the Scale of Positive and Negative Experience (SPANE), which consisted of six positive and negative
emotions, and, lastly, the Flourishing Scale (FS), which measured the respondents’ self-perceived
success. Data were collected, transformed into a linear scale, and exported into SPSS version 24,
where t-tests, one-way analysis of variance, Pearson correlation, and stepwise regression were
performed. Of the total of 535 participants, the majority were females (383 = 71.6%) and studying
in a school of medicine (31.8%). With respect to the SWLS and FS, a significant di erence was
reported among students based on the type of school and their academic performance (p < 0.05).
While comparing the di erences in the SPANE, a significant di erence was recorded based on
academic performance. Among the domains of subjective well-being, only the SPANE showed a
significant association with academic performance. Greater subjective well-being correlates with
higher academic performance, indicating that subjective well-being is an important aspect of a
student’s academic life; provisions can be made by paying more attention to those who showed poor
academic performance during and at the end of each semester
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Subjective well-being, Academic performance, Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), Scale of Positive and Negative Experience (SPANE), Grade point average (GPA), Medical sciences, Flourishing Scale (FS), Psychological
Citation
Chattu, V.K.; Sahu, P.K.; Seedial, N.; Seecharan, G.; Seepersad, A.; Seunarine, M.; Sieunarine, S.; Seymour, K.; Simboo, S.; Singh, A. Subjective Well-Being and Its Relation to Academic Performance among Students in Medicine, Dentistry, and Other Health Professions. Educ. Sci. 2020, 10, 224. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci10090224