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Life Satisfaction in Junior Secondary School Students in Hong Kong: A 3-Year Longitudinal Study

Daniel Shek (daniel.shek@polyu.edu.hk) and Ting Liu

Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2014, vol. 117, issue 3, 777-794

Abstract: The present longitudinal study examined life satisfaction and the related socio-demographic, family, and positive youth development correlates in junior secondary school students in Hong Kong. Results showed that adolescents perceived life satisfaction decreased in their junior secondary school years. Several socio-demographic correlates of life satisfaction were identified from the results of mixed effects ANOVAs and multiple regression analyses: girls showed higher life satisfaction than did boys; adolescents in non-intact families had lower life satisfaction than did adolescents in intact families; adolescents experiencing economic disadvantage showed relatively lower life satisfaction. Results also showed that both family functioning and positive youth development had generally positive predictive relationships with adolescent life satisfaction over time. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014

Keywords: Life satisfaction; Adolescent; Positive youth development; Family functioning; Longitudinal study (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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