Psychological Development and Education ›› 2015, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (3): 257-263.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2015.03.01

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The Temporal Trajectory for Subective Well-being among Chinese College Students

LIU Jie, HUANG Xiting   

  1. School of Psychology, Research Center for Psychology and Social Development Southwest University, Southwest University 400715, Chongqing
  • Online:2015-05-15 Published:2015-05-15

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Abstract: Temporal trajectories for subjective well-being incorporate individuals' appraisals of their past, present, and anticipated future well-being. The exploration on the well-beings that are evaluated from the past, present and future perspective has important significance for a comprehensive understanding of the essence of well-being. To explore this subjective temporal trajectories among Chinese college students, two studies were designed. In study 1, we asked 130 participants to fill the Temporal Satisfaction with Life Scale. The results showed that the ratings for their past and present well-being do not have significant difference, but are both lower than the rating of future well-being, i.e. past well-being= present well-being < future well-being. The trajectory of subjective well-being among Chinese college students is different from the western trajectory (past well-being < present well-being < future well-being). In study 2, an designed experiment asked 45 students to evaluate some adjectives about happniess and unhappniess, which revealed a same trajectory of subjective well-being with Study 1.

Key words: college students, well-being evaluation, temporal trajectory, life satisfaction

CLC Number: 

  • B844
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