Development of an Implicit Well-Being Measure for Youths Using the Implicit Association Test
In this study, 358 primary and secondary school students answered the WB-IAT-Y, the Psychological Well-being Scales, and the World Health Organization – Five Well-Being Index. Finally, an expert conducted a semi-structured interview with each participant, asking about satisfaction with life in the main domains for children (i.e., family life, friends, school, and overall life satisfaction). The WB-IAT-Y showed good internal consistency and adequate construct validity. Factorial analyses indicated that this measure acted as an indire ct measure. As in previous research, the WB-IAT-Y correlated weakly with the two well-bei...
Source: Child Indicators Research - April 13, 2024 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Children ’s Moral Evaluations of Inclusion and Exclusion during Play in Regard to Ethnic Background
AbstractThe aim of this study was to determine the likelihood of children including a child of a different ethnic origin in their games. In focusing on 359 children aged six, eight, and twelve, the research sought to understand how the children categorized their views on this subject and whether the decision to include or exclude would change at the behest of peers, teachers, or parents. The study was inspired by the work presented by Walker et al. (2019), and five questions related to this topic were used as data collection tools. As a result of the deductive and inductive analyses, it was determined that most of the chil...
Source: Child Indicators Research - April 4, 2024 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Youth Emotional Experiences during COVID-19: Relations with Internalizing Problems and Social Support
AbstractThe COVID-19 pandemic affected youth positively and negatively through regulations related to social distancing and remote learning. The current study aimed to understand youth ’s positive and negative emotional experiences of COVID-19 and how emotions were associated with internalizing problems and social support from teachers and classmates. Seven hundred and fifteen students in fourth to twelfth grade from a suburban school district in the Northeast (53.4% female; 93. 3% White) were asked to complete a survey from March to May 2021 assessing their emotional experiences, internalizing problems, and sense of soc...
Source: Child Indicators Research - April 2, 2024 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
A Qualitative Study of Unveiling School Dropout Complexity in T ürkiye
This study investigates school dropout, particularly the shift to open high schools in T ürkiye during the pandemic, through a multi-stakeholder lens. Using grounded theory, data was collected via semi-structured interviews with 12 students, 15 teachers, and 20 school administrators. Results reveal a model linking themes: predictive reasons for transferring to open high school, both pa ndemic-related and unrelated, positive/negative consequences of the transition, pandemic’s impact on formal education continuity, essential open high school skills, and strategies to reduce such preferences. Findings highlight the sway of...
Source: Child Indicators Research - April 1, 2024 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Longitudinal Comparison of Cohorts Concerning Sense of Community of Adolescents
AbstractWe aimed to investigate the developmental trajectories of the sense of community in South Korean children over time and explore potential variations in these changes among different cohort groups. For these purposes, we using latent growth curve modeling and performed multigroup analysis involving two separate cohorts (elementary 4th cohort,N = 2,092, female 47.4%, age 13–16; middle 1st cohort,N = 2,350, female 50.0%, age 13–16). The results showed that the recent generation demonstrated a stronger sense of community compared to the past generation. The differences between cohorts can be explained to se...
Source: Child Indicators Research - April 1, 2024 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Differences in Subjective and Psychological Well-Being of Romanian Adolescents over a Four-Year Period and its Relationship with Free Time
AbstractThe aim of this study is to explore changes in subjective well-being (life satisfaction and positive affect), as well as psychological well-being among Romanian adolescents over a 4-year period using data from the Children ’s Worlds project (Waves 2 and 3). Participants were 12-year-olds (N = 1,504 in 2015;N = 1,145 in 2019). The findings indicated a decline in positive affect and psychological prosperity with the passage of time, while life satisfaction remained constant. To investigate factors influencing the decline, we examined the relationships between well-being and the amount of time adolesc ents s...
Source: Child Indicators Research - March 22, 2024 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Exhibiting the Changes in Nutritional Status of Children in India: An Empirical Insight from the Human Opportunity Index
AbstractEnhancing the nutritional status is essential for fostering human resource development and attaining sustainable development. The objective of this study is to analyse the temporal change in the opportunity to access adequate nutritional outcomes (Normal height for age, Normal weight for age, and Normal weight for height) for children under the age of five in India. The analysis of the study is based on three sets (2005– 06, 2015–16 and 2019–21) of National Family Health Survey (NFHS) data, at both the national and sub-national levels. It used the Human Opportunity Index (HOI), D-index, Shapley decomposi...
Source: Child Indicators Research - March 19, 2024 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
The Sources of Happiness in Preadolescence and Adolescence: A Multi-Method and Multi-Informant Perspective
AbstractResearch on happiness in preadolescence and adolescence has been limited regarding the sources of happiness. The present study aims to explore such sources in preadolescents and adolescents through a multi-method and multi-informant approach. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 77 family triads: children (age range: 11 –19;M = 13.90, SD = 2.70; 61% female), mothers (M = 47.50, SD = 4.35), and fathers (M = 50.53, SD = 5.30). The triads were asked to define happiness from children’s perspective, describe what makes children happy, and indicate children’s levels of happiness. U...
Source: Child Indicators Research - March 16, 2024 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Influence of Environmental Shocks and Child Labour on Children's Educational Outcomes: A Scoping Review
This study found that environmental shocks (death, climate variability, flooding, and hurricanes) are positively associated with child labour and negatively related to children's learning outcomes, while child labour (farming, domestic chores, fishing, and hawking) has a negative influence on children's educational outcomes. This study also found that the interaction effect of environmental shocks and child labour has detrimental impacts on children's learning outcomes. Available literature has shown that research on the influence of environmental shocks and child labour on children's education and environmental shocks on ...
Source: Child Indicators Research - March 13, 2024 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Diminished Adolescent Social Well-Being During the COVID-19 Pandemic
This report explored heterogeneities in changes in adolescents’ social well-being from pre-COVID-19 to post-restrictions using longitudinal data from adolescents attending mid dle and high schools in California (N = 1,299; 49.9% female). Data collection involved four observations. Participants completed a school-based mental health wellness survey annually from 2019 to 2022. A latent profile analysis identified five profiles demonstrating distinctive social well-being trajectories. Two ordered profiles i ncluded Stable-High (28%) and Stable-Low (26%) patterns. Three groups represented nonordered profiles labeled a...
Source: Child Indicators Research - March 1, 2024 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Assessing Child Health Disparities: Evidence from a Household-Based Health Index in Punjab, Pakistan
This study recommends a multifaceted policy intervention to address child immunization, undernutrition, and infectious disease legislation, as well as income inequality, to reduce health disparities. (Source: Child Indicators Research)
Source: Child Indicators Research - February 29, 2024 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Assessing Child Health in India: Development and Validation of a Comprehensive Child Health Index
This study thus provides a new tool for characterising child health and detecting child health inequalities at a district level in India. Consequently, it can be used by policymakers, health service providers and other stakeholders involved in child welfare to monitor and improve child health over time and space. (Source: Child Indicators Research)
Source: Child Indicators Research - February 29, 2024 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
The Developmental Trajectory of Subjective Well-Being in Chinese Early Adolescents: The Role of Gender and Parental Involvement
This study aimed to explore the developmental trajectory of subjective well-being and examine the predictive roles of gender and parental involvement in this developmental trajectory among Chinese early adolescents. A longitudinal design was used with 2,483 middle students who were followed up across three time points (T1, T2 and T3). The grow th mixture model (GMM) analysis showed three subgroups within the developmental trajectory of the subjective well-being of Chinese early adolescents: high-rising (53.3%), moderate-decline (39.7%) and low-decline (7.0%). Furthermore, group membership was predicted by gender, parental ...
Source: Child Indicators Research - February 19, 2024 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Meaning in Life in Preschool Children: Developmental Foundations and Relationship to Well-Being
This study aimed to investigate the sources of meaning in life of 3- to 6-year-olds. A sample of 291 children responded orally to questions about the most important aspects of their lives, and parents reported on their children's meaning in life using parent-reported questionnaire. Attachment patterns and Theory-of-Mind abilities were examined as possible antecedents of individual differences in meaning in life. Self, parental and preschool teachers' reports were obtained to assess the chil dren's functioning and well-being. The findings indicated that preschool children are able to articulate their sense of meaning ...
Source: Child Indicators Research - February 12, 2024 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Conceptualising and Measuring Adolescents ’ Hedonic and Eudemonic Wellbeing: Discriminant Validity and Dimensionality Concerns
AbstractThere is a gap between the theoretical assumptions of wellbeing and its associated empirical constructs. Three measurement models (a correlated factors model, a second-order two-factor model, and a bifactor model) were analysed using a large sample of English adolescents (n = 37, 630) to test whether the theoretical separation between hedonic and eudemonic wellbeing is empirically supported, and whether there is the possibility of essential unidimensionality. Evidence of a general factor of wellbeing was found in the bifactor model, challenging the de-facto distin ction often made between hedonic and eudemonic ...
Source: Child Indicators Research - February 8, 2024 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
