Social determinants of life satisfaction in emerging adults

Abstract

Environmental and social factors that surround someone are major influencers of life satisfaction. We aimed to investigate which social factors were significantly influencing life satisfaction in healthy emerging adults. A cross-sectional design was employed to implement the study and a direct survey approach was selected to uncover the relationship between life satisfaction and social factors. A socio-demographic information form was used for collecting data on demographic factors as well as social factors. Contentment with Life Scale (CLAS) was used to assess life satisfaction. A multiple linear regression analysis was conducted to see the strength and character of the relationships between social factors and life satisfaction. A total of 288 individuals participated in the study. There was a total of 6 significant predictors of life satisfaction; frequency of going out with friends, smoking habits, age, allowance, parents’ income and father’s education level. Our results show that social factors should be kept in mind when working with emerging adults and can be used as indicators of life satisfaction.