Prediction of social well-being on the basis of value orientations of students of different professional direction

Abstract

The aim of the research was to determine whether there is a possibility of prediction of well-being based on value orientations of students of different professional orientations. In addition, we wanted to examine the contribution of sociodemographic factors (material status and age of respondents) to social well-being. The sample included 400 students, 200 students from the Faculty of Philosophy in Kosovska Mitrovica and 200 students from the Technical Faculty in Kosovska Mitrovica. The research used the following instruments: Keyes Scale of Social Well-being, Schwarz Scale of Universal Values and Socio-Demographic Questionnaire. The results show that there is a possibility of prediction of social well-being of students of different professional orientations based on value orientations. Through the value of Security, we can explain 38.6% of the variance of social well-being for students of humanities, while for the students of technical faculties the predictors of social well-being represent the values of Selfdirection, Universalism, Hedonism and Tradition that explain 55.9% variance. The correlation between the material condition and the age of the respondents with social well-being was not established.