Optimism, Self-Esteem and Subjective Well-Being among Trainees under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan

Subjective well-being (SWB) as a psychological construct is a relatively new field of positive psychology. This study sought to explore the effect of personality variables on the components of subjective well-being. Personality variables were optimism and self-esteem. This study is based on a sample of 400 trainees under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan. They responded in Hindi to Global Life Satisfaction Scale, Contentment Scale, scale of positive and negative experiences, Optimism Scale and Self-esteem Scale. ANOVAs result indicates that optimism and self-esteem have significant effect on global life satisfaction, positive and negative affect while self-esteem has significant effect on contentment. The results have implications for enhancing subjective wellbeing among specific groups.