Subjective Well-Being of Buddhist Monks and Nuns at The Intermediate School of Buddhist Studies in Da Nang City

Subjective well-being refers to individuals' subjective perceptions and evaluations of their level of peace, life satisfaction, and perceived meaning in their own lives. Researching the current state of subjective well-being among 94 Buddhist monk and nun students at the Intermediate Buddhist School of Da Nang City using the PERMA-Profiler scale, in-depth interviews, and mathematical statistics with SPSS 26.0, the survey results show that (1) 1.1% of the monk and nun students perceive themselves as very happy; 13.8% perceive themselves as happy; 64.9% have an average level of subjective well-being; 17.0% perceive themselves as unhappy, and 3.2% perceive themselves as very unhappy; (2) Among the 5 components, the monk and nun students achieve the highest score in the meaning component; (3) There are no statistically significant differences in well-being based on gender, age, education level, and number of years since ordination.

Subjective well-being; PERMA model; Monk and nun students; Positive psychology

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