The Effect Of Life Satisfaction On Work-Life Balance in Working Students at Campus X

Abstract

This study aims to identify the influence of life satisfaction as a primary predictor of work-life balance (WLB) among students occupying dual roles. This study addresses the phenomenon of escalating work-life balance among working students at risk of experiencing role strain. A quantitative correlational approach was used, involving 110 working students at Campus X as a sample, determined using the Slovin formula and proportional purposive sampling technique. Data were collected using a Likert Scale instrument for the WLB variables (McDonald & Bradley) and Life Satisfaction (Neugarten et al.), then analyzed through simple linear regression using SPSS 25. The results showed a positive and significant influence of life satisfaction on WLB with an equation model of Y = 17.249 + 0.854X (p < 0.05). Life satisfaction was found to be the dominant determinant factor, contributing 78.3% (R2 = 0.783).

Implications: These findings confirm that student-worker life balance is driven more by internal subjective well-being than simply technical time management. Higher education institutions need to strengthen psychological services and student life satisfaction as an investment in academic success.This study used a cross-sectional design and purposive sampling at a single location, so generalizing the results to the national population requires caution. There remains 21.7% of the variance in WLB influenced by other external factors outside this model. This study provides novelty by shifting the focus from job satisfaction to a more comprehensive view of life satisfaction (a positive psychology perspective) as a buffer for the stability of students' dual roles in the modern educational era