Openness Personality as a Mediator of the Influence Social Support Toward Subjective Well-Being

Abstract

Subjective well-being was originally considered to be an individual benchmark in achieving satisfaction in a stable life. However, there are several factors that affect the decrease and increase in subjective well-being, such as social support and personality. This study aims to determine the effect of personality openness as a mediator of the relationship between social support and subjective well-being. This type of research is ex-post facto. The research location was at SMAN 1 Pacitan Regency with a total sample of 237 students. The sample collection technique uses simple random sampling. The data collection technique uses a scale consisting of a personality openness scale, a social support scale, and a subjective welfare scale. The instrument validation technique uses the previous measuring instrument validity and reliability based on the Cronbach Alpha coefficient. Data analysis used multiple regression with a significance level of 0.05. The results showed that there was a significant positive influence on personality openness as a mediator of the relationship between social support and subjective well-being. The mediation model in this study is known as perfect mediation because the value on path c', namely the variable social support with subjective well-being and then included the openness personality variable, found insignificant results. The percentage of the contribution of the social support variable to the subjective welfare variable which was initially 22.7% became 49.2% after including openness personality as a mediator