Abstract:

Well-being can be characterized as an evaluation of an individual's life that is subjective and includes different aspects of life (Huebner, 2001). Well-being is defined as a cognitive and emotional evaluation of one's own life. It concerns positive and negative emotions, affection, moods and how a person looks at his plans, his expectations and their realization (Křivohlavý, 2004). In relation to the given topic, the aim of our study was to define and characterize the concept of subjective wellbeing and subsequently administer, evaluate and interpret the subjective wellbeing of secondary school pupils through the SEIQoL method (Křivohlavý, 2001). The Schedule for the Evaluation of Individual Quality of Life (SEIQoL) is a questionnaire that allows people to designate areas of life which are most important to them, rate their level of satisfaction with each, and indicate the relative importance of each to their overall quality of life.

The research involved 152 respondents, of which 43% were grammar school pupils and 56% were secondary vocational school pupils. In each cooperating school, research was carried out in all grades.

Through research, we were able to map the value preferences of adolescents in their life topics. We evaluated and interpreted the degree of subjective wellbeing and quality of life in adolescents, which in addition to interesting findings also provided possible starting points for further research in the field of creation of educational approaches in relation to adolescents.

Keywords:

Well-being, secondary education, pupils