مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري - Relationships Between Meaning in Life Mindfulness, Perceived Socioeconomic Level and Life Satisfaction Among University Students

Abstract :

The first purpose of this study was to examine whether university students’ life satisfaction, meaning in life and mindfulness level differ in regard to their perceived socioeconomic status or not. The second purpose of the study was to examine if the students’ level of meaning in life and mindfulness predict their life satisfaction significantly. Within this aim, the data was collected from 509 university students at Anadolu University faculty of education. Meaning in Life Questionnaire, Satisfaction with Life Scale, Mindfulness Scale and personal information form were used to collect data. Findings of the study revealed that according to perceived socioeconomic status, only life satisfaction and presence of meaning in life levels differed significantly. Participants who perceive themselves in low socioeconomic level had significantly low scores of life satisfaction in comparison with participants who perceive themselves in both medium and high socioeconomic level. Regarding to presence of meaning scores, only participants who perceive themselves in low socioeconomic level had significantly low scores in comparison with participants who perceive themselves in medium socioeconomic level. Findings also revealed that mindfulness and presence of meaning in life predict life satisfaction significantly but search for meaning does not. As a result, finding meaning in life and having high level of mindfulness were associated with high level of life satisfaction