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Kong, Feng; You, Xuqun – Social Indicators Research, 2013
This study examined both the mediation effects of loneliness and self-esteem for the relationship between social support and life satisfaction. Three hundred and eighty nine Chinese college students, ranging in age from 17 to 25 (M = 20.39), completed the emotional and social loneliness scale, the self-esteem scale, the satisfaction with life…
Descriptors: Self Esteem, Psychological Patterns, Late Adolescents, College Students
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Kapikiran, Sahin – Social Indicators Research, 2013
This study aimed to measure whether self-esteem and social support are mediators in the relationship between loneliness and life satisfaction. The study includes early teenagers from the 6th, 7th and 8th grades aged between 11 and 15 (M = 13.31, SD = 1.09). The study group consisted of 431 secondary school students from large and medium sized…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Secondary School Students, Foreign Countries, Self Esteem
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Sarriera, Jorge Castella; Abs, Daniel; Casas, Ferran; Bedin, Livia Maria – Social Indicators Research, 2012
This paper's main objective is to show relations between interest in media, perceived social support and adolescents' personal well-being. For this purpose, 1,589 Brazilian adolescents answered a questionnaire containing Cummins' Personal Well-Being, Vaux's Social Support Appraisals and Casas' interest in media scales. The media in study are: The…
Descriptors: Video Games, Structural Equation Models, Adolescents, Data Analysis
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Elosua, Paula – Social Indicators Research, 2011
This article proposes a Thurstonian model in the framework of Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) to assess preferences among quality of life dimensions for the elderly. Data were gathered by a paired comparison design in a sample comprised of 323 people aged from 65 to 94 years old. Five dimensions of quality of life were evaluated: Health,…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Older Adults, Structural Equation Models, Personal Autonomy
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Chen, Ji-Kang; Wei, Hsi-Sheng – Social Indicators Research, 2011
The majority of research on the outcome of school violence has been conducted in Western countries. Empirical studies on how school violence impacts student psychological well-being in a Chinese cultural context are relatively limited. The aim of this study was to address this gap by exploring how student maltreatment by teachers, student…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Violence, Self Esteem, Foreign Countries
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Gonzalez, Monica; Casas, Ferran; Coenders, Germa – Social Indicators Research, 2007
Psychological well-being in adolescence is an increasing field of study. Deepening in its knowledge during this period of life can be of a lot of help to the designing of more adjusted prevention programs aimed to avoid or reduce the problems adolescents might be experiencing. Complexity theories can be a productive alternative to the important…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Prevention, Well Being, Adolescents