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Torsheim, Torbjorn; Samdal, Oddrun; Rasmussen, Mette; Freeman, John; Griebler, Robert; Dur, Wolfgang – Social Indicators Research, 2012
The cross-national measurement invariance of the teacher and classmate support scale was assessed in a study of 23202 Grade 8 and 10 students from Austria, Canada, England, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, and Slovenia, participating in the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) 2001/2002 study. A multi-group means and covariance analysis…
Descriptors: Social Support Groups, Measures (Individuals), Foreign Countries, Grade 8
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Tesch-Romer, Clemens; Motel-Klingebiel, Andreas; Tomasik, Martin J. – Social Indicators Research, 2008
These analyses explore the relationship between gender inequality and subjective well-being. The hypothesis was tested as to whether societal gender inequality is related to the size of gender differences in subjective well-being in various societies. Results come from comparative data sets (World Values Survey, involving 57 countries; OASIS…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Well Being, Cross Cultural Studies
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Coenders, Germa; Casas, Ferran; Figuer, Cristina; Gonzalez, Monica – Social Indicators Research, 2005
In this paper, a model is set forth relating (a) overall life satisfaction of children to children's values and (b) children's values to parents' values. Using confirmatory factor analysis models three dimensions of values (materialistic values, capacities and knowledge values and interpersonal relationship values) consistently emerged in 5…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Life Satisfaction, Cross Cultural Studies, Children