Situational attention and its relationship to subjective well-being among university students

Abstract

The present study aimed to identify: 1. The level of situational interest among university students. 2. The statistical significance of differences in situational interest according to the variables of gender and academic stage. 3. The level of subjective well-being among university students. 4. The statistical significance of differences in subjective well-being according to the variables of gender and academic stage. 5. The statistically significant relationship between situational interest and subjective well-being among university students. To achieve the objectives of the study, the researcher adopted the Situational Interest Scale developed by Linnenbrink-Garcia et al. (2010), which consists of 17 items. In addition, a Subjective Well-Being Scale consisting of 20 items was developed by the researcher. The instruments were administered to a sample of 265 students from the Department of Counseling, representing both genders and the second and fourth academic stages. The sample included 159 female students and 106 male students during the academic year 2025–2026. The findings revealed the following: 1. University students generally demonstrated a high level of situational interest, with no statistically significant differences according to gender or academic stage. 2. University students generally exhibited a good level of subjective well-being, with no statistically significant differences according to gender or academic stage. 3. A positive statistically significant correlation was found between situational interest and subjective well-being among university students.