[The role of the family in adolescents' subjective well-being].

[The role of the family in adolescents' subjective well-being]. Psychiatriki. 2018 Apr-Jun;29(2):172-182 Authors: Lampropoulou A Abstract The goal of this research is to study the relation between adolescents' subjective well-being with: (a) their perceptions regarding their relationship with their parents, (b) the corresponding perceptions of their parents and (c) parents' subjective well-being. The participants of this study were 714 adolescents attending the two last grades of Junior High School (Gymnasium) and the two last grades of High School (Lyceum) as well as their parents from schools of the broader area of Athens randomly selected. The following questionnaires were used for data collection from the adolescents who participated in the study: (a) The assessment of subjective well-being was based on the Berne Questionnaire of Subjective Well-Being/ Youth Form that provides the following factors: Positive attitude towards life, Self-esteem, Satisfaction from life, Problems, Somatic complaints and Depressive mood. The first three factors are included in a general factor called Satisfaction which is the positive aspect of subjective well-being (according to the suggested structure of the concept in the relevant literature) while the remaining three are included in a second general factor called Ill-being which is the negative aspect of subjective well-being, and (b) the assessment of family relationships was based on the "Affect...
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