The role of subjective well-being in positive youth development
By: PARK, Nansook
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ArticlePublisher: Thousand Oaks : SAGE, January 2004The Annals of The American Academy of Political and Social Science 591, p. 25-39Abstract: Comprehensive perspestive on weel-being that include positive aspects of human life such as subjective weel-being have recently been proposed. Life satisfation is the cognitive component of subjective well-being and plays an important role in positive development as an indicator, a predictor, a mediator/moderator, and an outcome. Whereas low life satisfaction is associated with psychological, social, and behavior problems, high life satisfacion is related to good adaptation and optimal mental health among youth. Life satisfaction and positive affect mitigate the negative effects of stressful life events and work against the development of psychological and behavioral problems among youth. Supportive parenting, engagement in challenging activities, positive life events, and high-quality interactions with significant others contribute to the development of life satisfation. Further longitudinal research into mechanisms of how life satisfation plays its role in positive youth development is needed to promote the psycological weel-being of all youth
Comprehensive perspestive on weel-being that include positive aspects of human life such as subjective weel-being have recently been proposed. Life satisfation is the cognitive component of subjective well-being and plays an important role in positive development as an indicator, a predictor, a mediator/moderator, and an outcome. Whereas low life satisfaction is associated with psychological, social, and behavior problems, high life satisfacion is related to good adaptation and optimal mental health among youth. Life satisfaction and positive affect mitigate the negative effects of stressful life events and work against the development of psychological and behavioral problems among youth. Supportive parenting, engagement in challenging activities, positive life events, and high-quality interactions with significant others contribute to the development of life satisfation. Further longitudinal research into mechanisms of how life satisfation plays its role in positive youth development is needed to promote the psycological weel-being of all youth
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