Abstract

MARQUES, Cátia et al. Life satisfaction in college students: values as predictors. Psicol. caribe [online]. 2018, vol.35, n.3, pp.171-182. ISSN 0123-417X.  https://doi.org/10.14482/psdc.35.3.155.67.

Values are often used to explain life satisfaction, but little research has focus on this relationship in college students. In this study we sought to determine whether personal, central and social values predict the life satisfaction of a group of 133 Spanish college students of both sex (108 women, 81.2%), aged 18 to 37 years old. The data collection took place through the use of the "Basic Values Survey" and the "Satisfaction with Life Scale". The results of multiple linear regression analyses indicate that social values are predictors of life satisfaction. Besides, normative values, which correspond to the materialist values, are predictors of life satisfaction. Higher normative values are associated with higher life satisfaction. These results justify the need of better understanding of the effects of life values on the life satisfaction of college students, in order to promote their adaptability and self-career management success.

Keywords : college students; predictors; life satisfaction; life values.

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