Study on the subjective well-being of vocational students and its relationship with self-esteem

Objective To explore the subjective well-being of vocational students and its relationship with self-esteem.Methods 2063 students were selected by the cluster sampling method,the subjective well-being of vocational students and its relationship with self-esteem were investigated with questionnaire.Results The difference on subjective well-being of different gender students was statistically significant,the girls' was higher than boys'(t = 2.97,P 0.01);there was statistically significant on different influence of the educational level of the mother on vocational students' subjective well-being.The subjective well-being of vocational students whose mothers have a college degree was higher than that of vocational students whose mothers have primary schooling(t = 3.88,P 0.01);There was statistically significant on the difference of subjective well-being between humanities and arts students and science students(t = 3.13,P 0.01);There was a positive correlation between subjective well-being and self-esteem(r = 0.167,P 0.01),and self-esteem could be used to predict subjective well-being.Conclusion Strengthening the self-esteem training of vocational student could improve their subjective well-being and quality of life.