MEASURING WELL-BEING FOR STUDENTS AT UNIVERSITIES IN DA NANG, VIET NAM

Abstract

The study aims to build a sense of well-being on the scale of students' perceived happiness at universities in Da Nang city. It was based on the PERMA model of sense of well-being. A total of 546 students from the universities in Da Nang participated in this survey. Data were processed by SPSS 20 and AMOS 20. The results have demonstrated that the structure of well-being is similar to previous studies. It consists of five main factors, including: positive emotions, engagement, relationships, meaning, and accomplishment. This shows that the PERMA model of well-being is suitable for many different types of objects and in different cultural contexts. Besides that, the study has demonstrated that students' perception of happiness at universities in Da Nang is quite high, and there was no difference in perceived happiness by gender or among students at universities, but there was a difference in students across the academic years.