The subjective well-being of students in the Irkutsk region and Ecuador

materials and methods: the article presents the results of a pilot study of students from the Irkutsk region and Ecuador. To study the features of subjective well-being, the methodology for diagnosing subjective well-being of an individual was used. R.M. Shamionov, T.V. Beskova; M. Seligman's PERMA-Profiler well–being questionnaire adapted by O.M. Isaeva, A.Yu. Akimova and E.N. Volkova; Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS) – S. Lyubomirsky (S. Lyubomirsky, H. Lepper, 1999) Adaptation: E.N. Osin, D.A. Leontiev (2004). The purpose of the research is to study and compare the components of subjective well-being (socio-economic living conditions, hedonic component, emotional and normative-social) with foreign student samples. The presented article is the first stage in the study of this issue and contains statistical results and an interpretation of the main stage of the study of the subjective well-being of students. Results. It was revealed that among the participants, the level of well-being is above average and there is a certain degree of happiness, according to the indicators used in this study, it is not very high. The differences are identified: students in Ecuador have a hedonic component, manifested in meeting basic needs (safety, acceptable living conditions, income and environmental living conditions).

subjective well-being, components of subjective well-being, students, Irkutsk region, Ecuador