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Preliminary Study of Subjective Well Being in Adolescents: Qualitative Survey Analysis

Rahmah Hastuti * rahmahh@fpsi.untar.ac.id * ORCID: 0000-0001-9164-8707
Universitas Tarumanagara, Faculty of Psychology, Jakarta, INDONESIA

Pamela Hendra Heng * pamelah@fpsi.untar.ac.id * ORCID: 0000-0002-4192-3333
Universitas Tarumanagara, Faculty of Psychology, Jakarta, INDONESIA

Naomi Soetikno * naomis@fpsi.untar.ac.id * ORCID: 0000-0002-2078-9526
Universitas Tarumanagara, Faculty of Psychology, Jakarta, INDONESIA

Open Journal for Psychological Research, 2020, 4(2), 123-136 * https://doi.org/10.32591/coas.ojpr.0402.05123h
Received: 19 October 2020 ▪ Accepted: 23 December 2020 ▪ Published Online: 28 December 2020

LICENCE: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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ABSTRACT:
The subjective well-being on this study concerned on adolescents’ self-reported assessments of their own subjective well-being. It is an issue of concern of students. This study aims to examine the level of subjective well-being among students. We performed this descriptive study in Jakarta, from January to February 2020. This research was conducted on 134 teenagers aged 17 to 18 years living in Jakarta. There were 115 (85.8%) women and 19 (14.2%) men. In this study, adolescents’ view about their subjective well-being were gathered through open-ended questions. This study uses qualitative mixed method design. The form consists of three open-ended questions pertaining to views of adolescents regarding the concept of well-being. The answers are then combined and collected under the general header. Data analysis uses MAXQDA analysis tools to develop thematic coding and take the highest frequency. The results found that adolescents’ opinions about subjective well-being include: productivity, positive emotion, social oriented, need satisfaction, minor challenges, health, religiosity, and independent.

KEY WORDS: subjective well-being, thematic coding, adolescents.

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR:
Pamela Hendra Heng, Universitas Tarumanagara, Faculty of Psychology, Jakarta, INDONESIA. E-mail: pamelah@fpsi.untar.ac.id.

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