Subjective Well-being and Self-acceptance among Scavengers

Sarah Hafiza, Dahlia, Marty Mawarpury, Maya Khairani

2019

Abstract

Working as a scavenger provides positive and negative experiences. It relates to the individual's self-esteem and subjective well-being. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between subjective well-being with self-acceptance on scavengers in Banda Aceh. This study using a quantitative approach with non-probability sampling and incidental sampling techniques which involved 94 scavengers consisting of 48 males and 46 females (17-65 years). Subjective well-being was measured using Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) and Scale of Positive and Negative Experience (SPANE), while self-acceptance was measured using Berger's Self-Acceptance Scale. Data analysis using correlation analysis Spearman-Brown Formula with the result of correlation coefficient (r)=0.036 and significance value (p)=0.727 (p>0.05). These results indicated that there was no relationship between subjective well-being and self-acceptance on scavengers. In separate, data showed that more than 50% of scavengers with the highest category, both for subjective well-being (67.1%) and self-acceptance (61.7%). It happens caused by several factors in the meaning of life.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Hafiza S., Mawarpury M., Dahlia. and Khairani M. (2019). Subjective Well-being and Self-acceptance among Scavengers.In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Psychology - Volume 1: ICPsy, ISBN 978-989-758-448-0, pages 243-248. DOI: 10.5220/0009447202430248

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icpsy19,
author={Sarah Hafiza and Marty Mawarpury and Dahlia and Maya Khairani},
title={Subjective Well-being and Self-acceptance among Scavengers},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Psychology - Volume 1: ICPsy,},
year={2019},
pages={243-248},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009447202430248},
isbn={978-989-758-448-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Psychology - Volume 1: ICPsy,
TI - Subjective Well-being and Self-acceptance among Scavengers
SN - 978-989-758-448-0
AU - Hafiza S.
AU - Mawarpury M.
AU - Dahlia.
AU - Khairani M.
PY - 2019
SP - 243
EP - 248
DO - 10.5220/0009447202430248