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Direct linkLewis, Ashley D.; Huebner, E. Scott; Malone, Patrick S.; Valois, Robert F. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2011
Situated within a positive psychology perspective, this study explored linkages between adolescent students' positive subjective well-being and their levels of engagement in schooling. Specifically, using structural equation modeling techniques, we evaluated the nature and directionality of longitudinal relationships between life satisfaction and…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Structural Equation Models, Adolescents, Learner Engagement
Valois, Robert F.; Kerr, Jelani C.; Huebner, E. Scott – American Journal of Health Education, 2012
Background: Peer victimization among adolescents has been linked to increased psychological stress, psychosomatic illness, anxiety, depression, lower self-esteem, suicide ideation and poor physical health. Purpose: This study explored associations between peer victimization and adolescents' perceptions of life satisfaction. Methods: Public middle…
Descriptors: Prevention, Health Education, Adolescents, Organizations (Groups)
Peer reviewedValois, Robert F.; Zullig, Keith J.; Huebner, E. Scott; Drane, J. Wanzer – Journal of School Health, 2004
This study explored relationships between perceived life satisfaction and physical activity behaviors in a statewide sample of adolescents in South Carolina (n = 4,758) using the CDC Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) and the Brief Multidimensional Student Life Satisfaction Scale (BMSLSS). Adjusted logistic regression analyses and multivariate…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, High Risk Students, Adolescents, Physical Activities
Peer reviewedHuebner, E. Scott; Drane, Wanzer; Valois, Robert F. – School Psychology International, 2000
Data from adolescents (N=5,545) in public education in South Carolina assessed correlates of perceptions of life satisfaction and five domains of their lives (family; friends; school; self; living environment). Results revealed most reported positive levels of life satisfaction. Global and family reports were not related to gender, race, or grade…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitude Measures, Educational Experience, Family Role
Peer reviewedSeligson, Julie Lauren; Huebner, E. Scott; Valois, Robert F. – Social Indicators Research, 2005
This study examined the psychometric properties of the Brief Multidmensional Student Life Satisfaction Scale (BMSLSS: Seligson et al., 2003) with elementary school children. The participants included 518 elementary school students in grades three through five in a Southeastern US state. The students completed the following measures: the BMSLSS,…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Test Validity, Social Desirability, Construct Validity
MacDonald, John M.; Piquero, Alex R.; Valois, Robert F.; Zullig, Keith J. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2005
This study builds on existing criminological theories and examines the role of life satisfaction and self-control in explaining youth violence. Using data from a stratified cluster sample of 5,414 public high school students who responded to the South Carolina Youth Risk Behavior Survey, the study examines the relationship between adolescents'…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Violence, Student Surveys, Crime Prevention
Paxton, Raheem J.; Valois, Robert F.; Huebner, E. Scott; Drane, J. Wasner – Social Indicators Research, 2006
This study investigated the relationship between adolescent life- satisfaction and bonding to adults/developing meaningful roles in the neighborhood within a pilot study of slightly modified version of the CDC Middle School Youth Risk Behavior Survey (MSYRBS) in a southern state in the USA. Overall, 43% of students reported that they were…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Life Satisfaction, Attachment Behavior, Surveys
