Correlates of social well-being among students: A study from Southern Iran

Introduction :Today, social well-Being has become widely important along with physical, mental and spiritual health as one of the dimensions of health and is considered as one of the important indicators of development this study was aimed to investigate the social well-Being and its effective factors among the students in the universities located in city of Jahrom, south of Iran, in ۲۰۱۷.Method: This study was a cross-sectional descriptive-analytical work, in which ۴۳۷ students from University of Medical Sciences, Payam Noor University and Jahrom University were participated using proportional stratified sampling method. The data collection tool consisted of two parts of demographic properties and Keyes Short-form Social Well-Being Questionnaire.Results: Mean age of the studied samples was ۲۱.۸۱ ± ۴.۰۲. The mean of social well-Being in the studied students was ۴۸.۱۳ ± ۱۰.۱۲. In all the three universities, the dimension of social cohesion had the maximum mean and dimension of social contribution had the minimum mean. Scores of dimensions of social correlation, social cohesion, social acceptance and total score based on type of university were significantly different. Also, scores of dimensions of social correlation, social cohesion and social contribution were significantly different among men and women (P<۰.۰۵). Age had a significantly negative relationship with social correlation (r=-۰.۱۵۶, p<۰.۰۰۱) and significantly positive relationship with social cohesion (r= ۰.۱۶۲, p= ۰.۰۰۱). There was also a significantly positive relationship between the mean score of students and social cohesion (r= ۰.۱۱۲, p= ۰.۰۱۹).Conclusion: The results of the present study confirmed that age, marital status and field of study are the main factors affecting the social well-Being of students.

کلیدواژه ها:

Health ، Iran ، Keyes Social well-being questionnaire ، Social well-being ، Students.