Ecological, Relationship-Based Model of Children’s Subjective Well-Being: Perspectives of 10-Year-Old Children in the United States and 10 Other Countries

Michael J. Lawler; Lisa A. Newland; Jarod T. Giger; Soonhee Roh; Barbara L. Brockevelt

doi:10.1007/s12187-016-9376-0

Ecological, Relationship-Based Model of Children’s Subjective Well-Being: Perspectives of 10-Year-Old Children in the United States and 10 Other Countries

Michael J. Lawler, Lisa A. Newland, Jarod T. Giger, Soonhee Roh, Barbara L. Brockevelt

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The purpose of this study is to further assess the international relevance of an ecological, relationship-based model of children’s subjective well-being with samples of 10-year-old children from the United States (n = 502, M_age = 10.66, SD =.55) and 10 other countries: Algeria, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Israel, Nepal, Romania, Rwanda, South Korea, and Uganda (n = 502, M_age = 10.12, SD =.48). All children completed the Children’s Worlds survey, which includes individual factors, contextual factors of home and family, life and neighborhood, school, and peers, and subjective well-being measures for life satisfaction, mental health, and self-image. The strongest predictors of children’s subjective well-being were family and peer relationships, school, and neighborhood quality. Findings support the international relevance of an ecological, relationship-based model of children’s subjective well-being.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-18
Number of pages	18
Journal	Child Indicators Research
Volume	10
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s12187-016-9376-0
State	Published - Mar 1 2017

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Keywords

Childhood
Ecological context
International
Relationships
Well-being

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Social Psychology
Sociology and Political Science

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