Abstract

This study was conducted to find out the factors of psychological traits and life experience that affect the subjective well-being of the college students.The study was based on the survey of 279 college students who study in Kyunggi-do and Seoul. The survey result shows that the subjective well-being of the college students is not statistically related to the general factors. However, the multiple regression analysis considering psychological traits and life experience shows that Satisfaction with their Majors, Social support, Job-seeking stress, Optimism and Self-efficacy in order of importance affect the subjective well-being of the college students and thus life experience is more important factor than psychological traits. The study suggests that the environment building to provide positive experiences in daily lives to the students for their subjective well-being increase is important and also the social welfare service for the students’ positive thinking is needed. (Korean J Str Res 2015;23:119∼126)

• Keywords: Subjective well-being, Satisfaction with their Majors, Job-seeking stress, Social support, Self-efficacy;