TY - JOUR
T1 - Children's subjective well-being in rural communities of South Korea and the United States
AU - Lawler, Michael J.
AU - Choi, Changyong
AU - Yoo, Joan
AU - Lee, Juyeon
AU - Roh, Soonhee
AU - Newland, Lisa A.
AU - Giger, Jarod T.
AU - Sudhagoni, Ramu
AU - Brockevelt, Barbara L.
AU - Lee, Bong Joo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2018/1
Y1 - 2018/1
N2 - The study examined subjective well-being of 10- to 12-year-old children from rural South Korea (n = 489) and rural United States (n = 1286) using the Children's Worlds Survey within the framework of the ecological, relationship-based model of children's subjective well-being. Applying Structural Equation Modeling to the analysis, a large proportion of the variance was explained and children's subjective well-being was predicted in both countries by microsystem factors of family relationships, parent involvement, and school quality, and individual factors of age (younger), and gender (male). Additional microsystem factors predicting subjective well-being were neighborhood quality in South Korea, and peer relationships in the United States, which may reflect contextual influences of collectivistic (South Korea) and individualistic (United States) macrosystems.
AB - The study examined subjective well-being of 10- to 12-year-old children from rural South Korea (n = 489) and rural United States (n = 1286) using the Children's Worlds Survey within the framework of the ecological, relationship-based model of children's subjective well-being. Applying Structural Equation Modeling to the analysis, a large proportion of the variance was explained and children's subjective well-being was predicted in both countries by microsystem factors of family relationships, parent involvement, and school quality, and individual factors of age (younger), and gender (male). Additional microsystem factors predicting subjective well-being were neighborhood quality in South Korea, and peer relationships in the United States, which may reflect contextual influences of collectivistic (South Korea) and individualistic (United States) macrosystems.
KW - Child
KW - Rural
KW - South Korea
KW - United States
KW - Well-being
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U2 - 10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.12.023
DO - 10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.12.023
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85039167918
SN - 0190-7409
VL - 85
SP - 158
EP - 164
JO - Children and Youth Services Review
JF - Children and Youth Services Review
ER -