Achievement goals, PERMA and life satisfaction: A mediational analysis

Abstract

This study explores the correlation between achievement goals and positive emotion,engagement, relationship, meaning and accomplishment (PERMA) which might affect life satisfaction forIndonesian students in English education programs. The present study employed 260 of Indonesianstudents in English education programs, selected by using cluster random sampling. The students wereenrolled in undergraduate 223 (85.8%) and postgraduate 37 (14.2%). The study follows a correlationalresearch design to measure the degree of relationship between achievement goals, PERMA and lifesatisfaction. We employed confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) with AMOS 18 to analyze the data. Resultsindicate that achievement goals and PERMA influence positively life satisfaction. Moreover, PERMA ispositive full mediators meaning that students who adopt achievement goals with high PERMA wouldprobably have good life satisfaction. In conclusion, PERMA and achievement goals have an positive effecton students’ life satisfaction.