The Determinants of Life Satisfaction Among Adolescents: The Role of Metacognitive Awareness and Self-Efficacy

Özkan Cikrikci () and Hatice Odaci ()

Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2016, vol. 125, issue 3, 977-990

Abstract: This study investigated the associations among the life satisfaction, metacognitive awareness and perceived self-efficacy. It also investigated whether life satisfaction, metacognitive awareness and perceived self-efficacy vary according to gender. The study was performed with 492 students attending high schools. The Life Satisfaction Scale, Cognitive Awareness Scale, Self-Efficacy Scale and an Individual Data Form were used for data collection. Pearson correlation coefficient results revealed that life satisfaction was significantly positively correlated with metacognitive awareness (r = .36, p > .001) and self-efficacy (r = .28, p > .001). Multiple regression analysis revealed that metacognitive awareness and self-efficacy accounted for 15 % of life satisfaction (F (2,489) = 45.25, p > .001). Metacognitive awareness (ß = .29, p > .001) and self-efficacy (ß = .16, p > .001) make a significant original contribution to the model. In addition, the results show that adolescents do not vary according to life satisfaction (F = .10, p = .74, η 2 = .00), metacognitive awareness (F = .01, p = .91, η 2 = .00) or self-efficacy (F = 2.21, p = .13, η 2 = .00). The study results show that metacognitive awareness and self-efficacy are significant predictors of life satisfaction in adolescents. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2016

Keywords: Life satisfaction; Metacognitive awareness; Self-efficacy; Adolescents (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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