Family Climate and Life Satisfaction in 12-Year-Old Adolescents in Europe

Diego Gomez-Baya, Alicia Muñoz-Silva and Francisco Jose Garcia-Moro
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Diego Gomez-Baya: Department of Social, Developmental and Educational Psychology, University of Huelva, 21007 Huelva, Spain
Alicia Muñoz-Silva: Department of Social, Developmental and Educational Psychology, University of Huelva, 21007 Huelva, Spain
Francisco Jose Garcia-Moro: Department of Social, Developmental and Educational Psychology, University of Huelva, 21007 Huelva, Spain

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 15, 1-14

Abstract: This research aimed to examine the association between life satisfaction and family climate indicators in 12-year-old European adolescents. Cross-sectional data from the second wave of the Children’s Worlds project—an international survey of children’s lives and well-being—were examined. Specifically, data from participating European countries were analyzed: i.e., Estonia, Spain, Germany, England, Romania, Norway, Poland, and Malta. This sample of 9281 adolescents (50.3% girls) filled in self-report measures of life satisfaction and some indicators of family climate. Descriptive statistics and regression analyses were performed by country. Furthermore, a confirmatory model was tested to examine the association between family climate and life satisfaction. The results pointed out that having a good time together with family and being treated fairly by parents/carers were the indicators with the greatest positive effects on life satisfaction. In general, a more positive family climate was associated with higher life satisfaction among 12-year-old adolescents in the participating eight European countries.

Keywords: family; life satisfaction; adolescence; Europe; cross-sectional (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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