Subjective well-being in socially vulnerable children and adolescents
Subjective well-being has been defined as an association among positive affect, negative affect, and life satisfaction. This study aimed to investigate the subjective well-being of children and adolescents attending school and living with their families as compared to those living in youth offenders institutions. Two hundred ninety-seven children and adolescents in situations of social vulnerability aged between seven and sixteen years old (M = 11.22 years, SD = 2.13), 155 male (52.2%) and 142 female (47.8%) participated in the study. The instruments were a structured interview, a positive and negative affect scale, and a multidimensional life satisfaction scale. The results confirmed that institutionalized children/adolescents experienced more negative affect regarding development contexts. However, institutionalized children/adolescents did not differ from those living with their families in terms of life satisfaction and positive affect.
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| Format: | Digital revista |
| Language: | English |
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Curso de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
2011
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| Online Access: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-79722011000300008 |
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