Personality and Subjective Well-Being among Adolescents on Islamic Boarding School
Abstract
Personality and subjective well-being play an important role in a person's life, this is directly related to social interactions, beliefs, and norms that exist around them. This study aims to see the relationship between personality and subjective well-being of adolescents on Islamic boarding school in Rural Aceh. The study applied a cross-sectional study involving 169 from 293 adolescents in an Islamic boarding school in the Aceh Province, Indonesia. Data collection used the Scale of Positive and Negative Experience (SPANE), Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), and Big Five Inventory (BFI). The results of the chi-square test analysis are agreeableness (p-value 0.028), extraversion (p-value 0.036), conscientiousness (p-value 0.033), neurotisisme (p-value 0.019), dan openness to experience (p-value 0.032), its showed there are relationship between personality and subjective well-being of adolescents in Islamic boarding school in Aceh, Indonesia.
References
Abdel-Khalek, A. M., Carson, J., Patel, A., & Shahama, A. (2022). The Big Five Personality Traits As Predictors of Life Satisfaction in Egyptian College Students. Nordic Psychology, 0(0), 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/19012276.2022.2065341
Abdullahi, A. M., Orji, R., & Kawu, A. A. (2019). Gender, Age and Subjective Well-being: Towards Personalized Persuasive Health Interventions. Information (Switzerland), 10, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.3390/info10100301
Azizan, N. H., & Mahmud, Z. (2018). Determinants of Subjective Well-Being: A Systematic Review. Environment-Behavior Proceedings Journals, 3(7), 135–141.
Balgiu, B. (2020). Curiosity and subjective well-being: The mediation of the big five personality traits. Global Journal of Psychology Research: New Trends and Issues, 10(1), 159–159. https://doi.org/10.18844/gjpr.v10i1.4458
Brajša-žganec, A. (2014). Personality Traits and Social Desirability as Predictors of Subjective Well- Being Personality Traits and Social Desirability as Predictors of Subjective Well-Being. March.
Diener, E. (1984). Subjective Well-Being. Psychological Bulletin, 95(3), 542–575.
Diener, E. F. (2000). Subjective well-being: The Science Of Happiness And A Proposal For A National Index. American Psychologist, 55(1), 34–43. https://doi.org/10.1037/0003-066X.55.1.34
Diener, E. F., Kanazawa, S., Suh, E. M., & Oishi, S. (2015). Why People Are in a Generally Good Mood. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 19(3), 235–256. https://doi.org/10.1177/1088868314544467
Diener, E., Glatzer, W., Moum, T., Sprangers, mirjam a. ., Vogel, J., & Veenhoven, ruut. (2009). The Science of Well-Being: Social Indicators Research Series.
Giyati, & Wardani, I. R. K. (2015). Ciri-ciri Kepribadian dan Kepatutan Sosial Sebagai Prediktor Subjective Well-Being (Kesejahteraan Subjektif) Pada Remaja Akhir. 17(2).
Hafiza, S., & Mawarpury, M. (2019). Kesejahteraan Subjektif pada Pemulung: Tinjauan Sosiodemografi. Gadjah Mada Journal of Psychology, 5(2), 139–150. https://doi.org/10.22146/gamajop.49945
Kim, M. J., Hall, C. M., & Han, H. (2021). Behavioral influences on crowdfunding SDG initiatives: The importance of personality and subjective well-being. Sustainability (Switzerland), 13(7), 1–21. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13073796
Lampropoulou, A. (2018). Personality, School, and Family: What Is Their Role In Adolescents’ Subjective Well-Being. Journal of Adolescence, 67, 12–21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2018.05.013
Lesmana, T., & Santoso, R. (2019). Karakteristik Kepribadian, Harga Diri dan Gaya Hidup Hedonisme Pada Mahasiswa Konsumen Starbucks. Jurnal Ilmu Perilaku, 3(1), 59–71. https://doi.org/10.25077/jip.3.1.59-71.2019
Ma, Y., Ma, C., & Lan, X. (2022). Openness to Experience Moderates the Association of Warmth Profiles and Subjective Well-Being in Left-Behind and Non-Left-Behind Youth. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(7). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19074103
Maddux, J. E. (2018). Subjective Well-Being and Life Satisfaction.
Steinmayr, R., Wirthwein, L., Modler, L., & Barry, M. M. (2019). Development of Subjective Well-Being in Adolescence. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(19), 1–23. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16193690
Winzer, R., Vaez, M., Lindberg, L., & Sorjonen, K. (2021). Exploring Associations Between Subjective Well-Being and Personality Over A Time Span of 15–18 months: A Cohort Study of Adolescents in Sweden. BMC Psychology, 9(1), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-021-00673-9.
Copyright (c) 2025 Indonesian Journal of Global Health Research

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.



