Trajectories of Personal Well-Being Attributes Among High School Students in Hong Kong

Daniel T. L. Shek () and Li Lin
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Daniel T. L. Shek: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Li Lin: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Applied Research in Quality of Life, 2017, vol. 12, issue 4, No 3, 866 pages

Abstract: Abstract How personal well-being of adolescents changes over the high school period is not entirely clear in the scientific literature. Using 15 positive youth development (PYD) attributes as indicators of well-being, the current study investigated the related developmental trajectories among a large sample of Hong Kong adolescents from Grade 7 to Grade 12. Individual growth curve modeling revealed that while variation existed across different PYD attributes, nine out of 15 positive youth development attributes declined in the early adolescence but showed a rebound or a slower rate of decline in the late adolescence. The current study serves as a pioneering attempt to chart the normative profiles of Chinese adolescents’ personal well-being over time. The theoretical and practical implications of the findings are discussed.

Keywords: Personal well-being; Positive youth development; Developmental trajectories; Hong Kong adolescents (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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