Objective To probe into the status quo of parental rearing pattern and subjective well-being for vocational college students in different regions and their relations so as to provide a basis for taking measures to improve the subjective well-being.Method 396 vocational college students in developed regions and 318 ones in frontier regions were investigated with subjective well-being questionnaire and parental rearing pattern questionnaire.Results Scores of rearing pattern on father’s emotional warmth and understanding

punishment and sternness

overprotection and that on mother’s refusal and rejection in the frontier regions were higher than that of the developed regions（p<0.05 or p<0.01）;Scores of each dimension on subjective well-being in the frontier regions were higher than the developed regions（p<0.01）;parents’ emotional warmth and understanding

predilection

and over intervention had a positive correlation with living satisfaction and positive affect of vocational college students（p<0.05 or p<0.01） while they had a negative correlation with their negative affect（p<0.05 or p<0.01）;parents’ punishment and sternness

refusal and rejection had a negative correlation with living satisfaction and positive affect of vocational college students（p<0.05 or p<0.01） while they had a positive correlation with their negative affect（p<0.05 or p<0.01）.Conclusion Parental rearing pattern and subjective well-being of vocational college students in different regions are different and different parental rearing patterns have an effect on their subjective well-being.