Kontribusi dukungan sosial terhadap subjective well-being pada remaja dari keluarga etnis Minang

Abstract

Subjective well-being is a lynchpin for people's quality of life, but cultural factors may determine its dynamics. We conducted the present work within the cultural context of Minang people in West Sumatera, aimed as an empirical test on the role of social support in explaining subjective well-being among members of the ethnic group. We recruited 323 Minang adolescents aged between 15 and 19 years in West Sumatera. We found as hypothesised that social support positively and significantly explained subjective well-being wherein more social support was related to more subjective well-being (r = .51, p < .001). Previous research zoomed in on the positive relationship between social support and subjective well-being particularly within the context of individualistic culture. What has been found in our work hence may serve as an alternative to the existing research in which we observed that even within the context of the collective culture of Minang people in West Sumatera, social support positively contributed to subjective well-being.