Social Support From Parents and Teachers and Adolescents ’ Subjective Well‑Being: Mediating Effect of Cognitive Regulatory Learning and Academic Procrastination
AbstractPrevious researchers have suggested the influence of parents ’ and teachers’ social support on adolescents’ subjective well-being (SWB) without addressing the possible role of the academic process. In this longitudinal study we constructed a chain-mediated model to examine whether cognitive regulatory learning (i.e., cognitive focusing and metacognition ) and academic procrastination mediated the relationships between parents’ and teachers’ social support and adolescents’ SWB. A total of 453 Chinese adolescents (M age = 13.87, SD = 1.75) completed surveys at four time points. Results from the c...
Source: Child Indicators Research - December 22, 2022 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Opportunities for Happiness and Its Determinants Among Children in China: A Study of Three Waves of the China Family Panel Studies Survey
AbstractSince 2010, China ’s happiness research has extended its focus from adults and youths to the child population, but most of the studies are confined to local samples. Also, the majority are limited to considering psychological background, thus lacking the idea of integrating the capability approach, which has achiev ed prominence in international child well-being studies. In order to address these shortfalls, for our paper we decided to combine the happiness and capability perspectives with the analytical framework of ‘subjective well-being capability’. Utilising three waves of China Family Panel Survey as a d...
Source: Child Indicators Research - December 19, 2022 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Satisfaction with the Neighborhood of Israeli and Chilean Children and its Effects on their Subjective Well-being
AbstractA study of subjective well-being in 4,942 children (49% girls) aged 10 and 12 living in Israel and Chile is presented. The association between perceptions of the neighborhood and subjective well-being (SWB) was analyzed based on a mediation model using satisfaction with the neighborhood as a mediating variable. The overall results showed high average SWB scores for both countries as well as high levels of satisfaction with the neighborhoods where they live. Differences between the countries were observed for the age groups. The SWB of Chilean children decreased with age, while a decrease was not detected for the Is...
Source: Child Indicators Research - December 19, 2022 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Incremental Well-being Beliefs and Well-being in Adolescents: The Mediating Role of Self-esteem and Optimism
AbstractPrior research has shown that incremental beliefs about well-being can influence well-being in adults, but less is known about the relationship in adolescents and the potential underlying mechanisms that explain the relationship. The present study aimed at examining the association between incremental well-being beliefs and well-being in adolescents and the mediating role of self-esteem and optimism. Study 1 showed that incremental well-being beliefs predicted well-being in a sample of 390 adolescents aged 10 –14, even after adjusting for age, gender, subjective family socioeconomic status, and incremental belief...
Source: Child Indicators Research - December 10, 2022 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
School Bullying Victimization Types of Primary School Students and Associations with School Adaptation: a Latent Profile Analysis
This study explored bullying victimization types with a sample of 1748 primary school students. Participants were 52.1% (911) male, and 47.7% (833) female. Four (0.2%) students didn ’t report their sex. Results show that school bullying victimization can be classified as “never bullied” (66.3%), “often oppressed” (18.2%), “often threatened” (8.0%), and “always bullied in all forms” (7.5%). There is a significant difference in sex and grade for victimization ty pes. Specifically, the risk of being “often threatened” and “always bullied in all forms” types is higher for males than for females. Grade...
Source: Child Indicators Research - December 8, 2022 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Child Well-being in Post-Soviet Countries: Discipline Practices in Families in Azerbaijan
AbstractThe goal of the study was to explore the relationship between demographic, socioeconomic factors, and discipline practices in Azerbaijan to add to the scant literature on post-Soviet countries. The data came from the latest available Domestic Health Survey from 2006. The sample size was 3,753 child –caregiver pairs. The study had four dependent variables to measure disciplinary practices—positive parenting, physical aggression, psychological aggression, and beliefs in physical punishment in raising children. The independent variables were household income, age, and education of caregivers, age of children, numb...
Source: Child Indicators Research - December 7, 2022 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Bullying, Family Support, and Life Satisfaction in Adolescents of Single-Parent Households in 42 Countries
This study highlights the need for stakeholders to provide families with appropriate resources so that families can support and nurture their children towards healthy development and wellbeing. (Source: Child Indicators Research)
Source: Child Indicators Research - December 1, 2022 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Value Profiles Among Finnish Adolescents and Their Associations With Subjective and Social Well-Being
This study took aperson-oriented approach and investigated how values co-occur and are manifested in individuals, that is, what kind of valueprofiles exist and how they differ in terms of subjective (i.e., life satisfaction) and social well-being (i.e., sense of belonging). In a sample of Finnish adolescents (N = 973; women 59.6%;Mage = 16.8,SD = .70), three value profiles emerged:personal-focus,growth-focus andself-protective, of which the personal-focus group scored highest on life satisfaction, the growth-focus group scored lowest on belonging to social media and the self-protective group scored highest on b...
Source: Child Indicators Research - November 25, 2022 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Geographic, Socio-Demographic and School Type Variation in Adolescent Wellbeing and Mental Health and Links with Academic Competence in the United Arab Emirates
AbstractInterest in adolescents ’ wellbeing and mental health is growing worldwide, but little research in this area has been conducted in certain world regions and countries such as the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Geographic, socio-demographic and school type differences in adolescent wellbeing and mental health are commonly ob served in the field, and the UAE is a diverse country where these types of differences have been found for other outcomes (notably, academic). Yet, no prior national study has explored these differences in terms of wellbeing and mental health in the nation. We address this gap by investigating di...
Source: Child Indicators Research - November 23, 2022 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
A Moderated Mediation Model of Socio-Economic Status, Hope, Teacher-Student Relationship, and Autonomous Learning among Chinese Middle School Students
This study proposed a moderated mediation model to examine the mediating effect of hope and moderating effect of the teacher-student relationship in the relationship between socio-economic status (SES) and autonomous learning among Chinese middle school students. Mediation analysis first indicated that hope partially mediated the relationship between SES and autonomous learning. Moderated mediation analysis further indicated that the teacher-student relationship moderated on the mediating pathway of hope on autonomous learning. With a higher level of teacher-student relationship, the positive relationship between hope and ...
Source: Child Indicators Research - November 19, 2022 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
What Constitutes Student Well-Being: A Scoping Review Of Students ’ Perspectives
AbstractStudent well-being has recently emerged as a critical educational agenda due to its wide-reaching benefits for students in performing better at school and later as adults. With the emergence of student well-being as a priority area in educational policy and practice, efforts to measure and monitor student well-being have increased, and so has the number of student well-being domains proposed. Presently, a lack of consensus exists about what domains are appropriate to investigate and understand student well-being, resulting in a fragmented body of work. This paper aims to clarify the construct of student well-being ...
Source: Child Indicators Research - November 16, 2022 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Assessment of Early Childhood Mental Health in Immigrant and Local Children in Chile
AbstractLittle is known about mental health during early childhood and differences in mental health problems between migrant and local preschool children in Chile. This research aimed to study the early mental health of children and disparities in mental health indicators between immigrant and local children in the context of a middle-income country. Parents and teachers assessed immigrant (n = 120) and non-immigrant (n = 383) children between 3 and 4 years old with the Sistema de Evaluación de Niños y Adolescentes (Child and Adolescent Evaluation System, SENA). A multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) wa...
Source: Child Indicators Research - November 9, 2022 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
The Impact of Bodyweight on Life Satisfaction among School-Aged Children: Are the Mechanisms Gender-Based?
This article analyzes the impact of bodyweight on life satisfaction and three potential mechanisms that may explain this relationship among school-aged children. In addition to the traditional ordinary least squares method, we also use an i nstrumental variable approach to deal with the potential endogeneity of bodyweight. We use mother’s weight as plausible exogenous variation for children’s weight. Using a Chilean sample of boys (n = 2,262) and girls (n = 2,256) aged 9 to 12, we provide suggestive evidence that body mass index, weight and obesity are causality and negatively related to children’s life satis...
Source: Child Indicators Research - November 9, 2022 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Analysis of the Lifestyle and Psychological Well-being of Adolescents: Age-related Differences
ConclusionDifferences perceived as a function of the adolescent ’s age suggest that it should be an important consideration for educational and health organisations, with the aim of establishing intervention strategies appropriate for each age group. (Source: Child Indicators Research)
Source: Child Indicators Research - November 8, 2022 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Salient Components of Itiopiawinnet: Meaning-Making and Sense of National Identity among Students in Washera Qenie School
AbstractBased on fieldwork in WasheraQenie School, this article explores Ethiopian national identity fromQenie students ’ viewpoint. Given a distinct line of knowledge system they come across,Qenie students viewed Ethiopia andItiopiawinnet differently. Individual and group interviews with 66Qenie students (12 to 18 years old) uncovered traits that the children identified as significant markers ofItiopiawinnet. These were presented under three key psychological dimensions as cognitive, emotional, and behavioral manifestations of national identity. By illuminating salient aspects of Ethiopian identity, this study contrib...
Source: Child Indicators Research - November 8, 2022 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
