The Social Well-being associated to the Human Values in users of public transport of the Southern zone of Greater Buenos Aires

Abstract

Social Well-being is defined by Keyes (1998) as the valuation we make of circumstances and functioning on the society. Human Values are defined as desirable goals that serve the interests of some social entity, allowing them to adapt to the reality of a society and culture (Schwartz, 2001). This research aimed to investigate the levels of Social Well-being and Human Values in users of public transport, if there are differences between the context of the transport and the relationship between this variables. By the end of 2015 until the middle of the following year, in order to verify these associations, a sample of 300 public transport users was selected, with 149 passengers of bus and 151 rail users doing the tour of Southern Zone of Greater Buenos Aires to Buenos Aires. The study was quantitative, correlational and differential groups. The instruments used to assess these variables were the Scale of Social Well-being (Keyes, 1998) in its Spanish version translated by Blanco and Díaz (2005) and Scale Values (Schwartz et al., 2001). The results showed that there are differences in the dimensions of Social Welfare, presenting a better perception of them people who do not use the train as a means of transportation.