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Life Satisfaction in Junior Secondary School Students in Hong Kong: A 3-Year Longitudinal Study

Authors: Daniel T. L. Shek, Ting Ting Liu

Published in: Social Indicators Research | Issue 3/2014

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The present longitudinal study examined life satisfaction and the related socio-demographic, family, and positive youth development correlates in junior secondary school students in Hong Kong. Results showed that adolescents perceived life satisfaction decreased in their junior secondary school years. Several socio-demographic correlates of life satisfaction were identified from the results of mixed effects ANOVAs and multiple regression analyses: girls showed higher life satisfaction than did boys; adolescents in non-intact families had lower life satisfaction than did adolescents in intact families; adolescents experiencing economic disadvantage showed relatively lower life satisfaction. Results also showed that both family functioning and positive youth development had generally positive predictive relationships with adolescent life satisfaction over time.

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Title: Life Satisfaction in Junior Secondary School Students in Hong Kong: A 3-Year Longitudinal Study
Authors: Daniel T. L. Shek
Ting Ting Liu
Publication date: 01-07-2014
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published in: Social Indicators Research / Issue 3/2014
Print ISSN: 0303-8300
Electronic ISSN: 1573-0921
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-013-0398-4

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