Life Satisfaction Profile of SMA Students Based on Gender
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life satisfaction, adolescent, gender, senior high school students, guidance and counseling.Abstract
Life satisfaction is an important component of subjective well-being that reflects how individuals evaluate their lives as a whole. This study aimed to describe the life satisfaction profile of students at SMA Negeri 7 Tasikmalaya based on gender. This study used a quantitative approach with a descriptive method. The population consisted of 951 tenth- and eleventh-grade students, while 719 students participated as respondents through incidental sampling. Data were collected using the Indonesian-Adolescent Life Satisfaction Scale (I-ALSS) and analyzed using descriptive statistics and the Mann–Whitney U test. The results showed that 64.67% of students were in the high life satisfaction category and 35.33% were in the moderate category, with no students in the low category. Based on gender, both male and female students were predominantly in the high life satisfaction category, with proportions of 64.76% and 64.64%, respectively. The Mann–Whitney U test showed no significant difference in life satisfaction based on gender (p = 0.354). These findings indicate that students at SMA Negeri 7 Tasikmalaya generally had high life satisfaction and relatively similar levels of life satisfaction between male and female students.
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