Self-Criticism and Psychological Well-being: A Study to Find Out the Relationship and Influence on Vocational Students

  • M Mulawarman 
    Universitas Negeri Semarang
    Indonesia
  • M T Afriwilda
    Universitas Bengkulu
    Indonesia
  • S D M Soputan
    Nanyang Technological University
    Singapore
  • Eni Rindi Antika
    Universitas Negeri Semarang
    Indonesia
  • Sigit Hariyadi
    Universitas Negeri Semarang
    Indonesia
  • Abi F Prabawa
    Universitas Islam Negeri Salatiga
    Indonesia
  • Thrisia Febrianti
    Universitas Islam As-Syafi’iyah, Bekasi
    Indonesia

Abstract

Important for vocational students to achieve psychological well-being amidst technological developments that increase self-critical behaviour. Information overload, increased self-com, and other psychological health issues can increase self-critical behaviour. This can hinder the achievement of the six dimensions of psychological well-being. So, it is necessary to know the correlation between these two variables in vocational students. This study aims to determine the relationship between self-criticism on psychological well-being in vocational students. A total of 1812 students were included, and participants completed assessments of self‐criticism and psychological well-being. The result is self-criticism and psychological well-being is in a medium category with scores M = 60.34; SD = 2.86 and M = 118.48; SD = 2.53 sequentially. Analyses assessed the extent to which the intercept and linear slope of self‐criticism were associated with assessments of psychological well‐being. Findings suggest that a decrease in self-criticism is associated with better psychological well-being in vocational students. There was a relationship between self-criticism and psychological well-being. The implication of this finding suggests applying intervention with a focus on reducing self-criticism to improve student’s psychological well-being.

Keywords
  • Self-criticism
  • Psychological well-being
  • Vocational students
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Mulawarman, M., Afriwilda, M. T., Soputan, S. D. M., Antika, E. R., Hariyadi, S., Abi F Prabawa, & Febrianti, T. (2024). Self-Criticism and Psychological Well-being: A Study to Find Out the Relationship and Influence on Vocational Students. KONSELOR, 13(2), 161–170. https://doi.org/10.24036/0202413273-0-86
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