Age aspect of the subjective well-being of modern youth

Abstract

The subjective well-being problem in the context of the influence of uncertainty, the personal dispositions leading role and regulatory resources of modern youth is becoming an extremely significant task and a global challenge of modern society. The purpose of this study was to identify significant predictors of the subjective well-being of young people of different age groups. At the first stage, a comparative analysis of well-being predictors was carried out. The study involved 1435 respondents aged 18 to 35 years. The average age is 20.7. The study used: a Shamionov’s and Beskova’s method for diagnosing the subjective well-being of the personality; Morosanova’s “Self-regulation Profile Questionnaire - SRPQM 2020”; tolerance / intolerance to uncertainty questionnaire by Kornilova and Chumakova; short version of the Big Five Personality Questionnaire, Mini-IPIP. For data analysis, one-way analysis of variance, regression analysis, and Student’s t-test were used. At the second stage, regression models of subjective well-being were built for four age groups and their comparative analysis was carried out. Subjective well-being, social-normative well-being, and uncertainty tolerance decrease between 16 and 24 years of age and rise again for the 25-35 age group (p<0.01), except for uncertainty tolerance, which remains at the level of 22-24 age group (p<0.0001). The universal predictors of subjective well-being according to the results of regression analysis were persistence β = [0,278; 0,505] and neuroticism β = [-0,318; -0,197]. With age, the structure of regression models becomes simpler: from 7 parameters for subjects aged 16-18 (R2 = 0.57) to three parameters for the sample of 25-35 (R2 = 0.58). The results obtained can be used in educational work with young people to create psychological conditions for a conscious active attitude to the surrounding reality through the development of the ability to consciously regulate one’s activities and behavior and develop a tolerance for uncertainty.