The Effects of Personality Traits on Subjective Well-Being among University Students: The Mediating Role of Perceived Employment Stress

Happiness and well-being are the universal goals and common expectations of human life, and the importance and complexity of the issue of happiness drive people to think about it constantly. In the report of the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), it was reiterated that we should always seek the happiness of the people as the fundamental mission and always put the people in the highest position in our hearts. With the progress of the times, the education and learning environments have changed dramatically, and the well-being of university students has been challenged and pressurised both externally and internally. Therefore, this study takes contemporary university students as the research object, from the perspective of personality traits, to explore the role of university studentspersonality traits on the influence ofsubjective well-being and perceived employment stress plays a mediating role. It provides countermeasures to improve university students' subjective well-being and reduce their stress. The study found that there is a significant correlation between university studentspersonality traits, perceived employment stress and subjective well-being. University studentsperceived employment stress in personality traits and perceived employment stress as a mediator. Employment stress partially mediates the relationship between personality traits and subjective well-being.