Self-esteem is positively correlated with subjective well-being among final-year education faculty students¶

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q2 i3 Among 318 final-year university students, self-esteem scores showed a positive, statistically significant correlation with subjective well-being scores (r = .53). → Karatas 2012

Evidence¶

Karatas 2012¶

Karatas, Z. & Tagay, O. (2012). Self Esteem, Locus of Control and Multidimensional Perfectionism as the Predictors of Subjective Well Being. International Education Studies, 5(6). http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ies.v5n6p131

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Pearson correlation analysis (Table 1, n=318) of scale scores from final-year education faculty students. The self-esteem column shows ".53**" with subjective well-being, i.e. r = .53, significant at p<.01; the subjective well-being mean was 174.35 (Ss 27.08).

"Subjective well being 174.35 27.08 - .53** -.26** .09 -.13* -.13*"

Discussion¶

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