THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SELF-CONCEPT AND LIFE SATISFACTION IN CHILDREN

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作者
TERRY, T
HUEBNER, ES
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[1] Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, 29208, SC
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10.1007/BF01079237
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C [社会科学总论];
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03 ; 0303 ;
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A total of 183 elementary school students were administered the Self-Description Questionnaire-1 (SDQ-1) and the Students' Life Satisfaction Scale (SLSS) in order to explore the relationships between self-concept domains and global life satisfaction in pre-adolescent children. Results suggested that children differentiate global life satisfaction from self-concept domains. Also, SDQ-1 domains related differentially to SLSS ratings. Consistent with findings with adolescents (Dew and Huebner, 1994), the Parent Relations domain was the strongest predictor of global life satisfaction for these pre-adolescents. The findings provide additional support for the meaningfulness of the life satisfaction construct with children as well as the multidimensionality of children's subjective well-being.
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