2014•Unpublished venueRequires access

Developmental Characteristics and Influence Factors of the Subjective Well-Being of Medical College Students

Hou Yongmei, Zhang Yi-ting

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Objective: To find out the developmental characteristics and influencing factors of subjective wellbeing in medical college. Methods: A total of 426 medical college students who were sampled randomly from Guangdong were assessed with satisfaction with life scale and positive affect and negative affect scale. The data showed that: 1) profession and personal family economic income can influence SWB; 2) locus of control influences SWB; 3) the 3 dimensions of E (extraversion), N (neuroticism) and O (openness to experience) in the big five-factor model of personality are important influenced factors of SWB.

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Key concepts: Openness to experience, Extraversion and introversion, Psychology, Subjective well-being, Locus of control, Neuroticism, Affect (linguistics), Life satisfaction