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Direct linkGilman, Rich; Huebner, E. Scott; Tian, Lili; Park, Nansook; O'Byrne, Jenny; Schiff, Miriam; Sverko, Dina; Langknecht, Heather – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2008
Although numerous cross-national studies have assessed life satisfaction among adults, similar studies using adolescent samples have been rare. To address this shortage of research, a total of 1338 youth adolescents from two individualistic nations (Ireland, USA) and two collectivistic nations (China, South Korea) were administered the…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Response Style (Tests), Adolescents, Cultural Differences
Peer reviewedGilman, Rich; Huebner, Scott – School Psychology Quarterly, 2003
An important construct in positive psychology is life satisfaction (LS). Although its importance has been recognized by some school psychologists, research findings have remained unsynthesized. In this article, theory, measurement, and correlates of LS among children and youth are reviewed. Following this review, interrelationships among LS…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Counseling Theories, Life Satisfaction
Peer reviewedGilman, Rich; Ashby, Jeffrey S. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2003
Investigated how students who were identified as perfectionists within a general sample of 132 middle school students differentially perceived their quality of life. Found that both adaptive and maladaptive perfectionist subtypes reported significantly higher global life satisfaction than did nonperfectionists, whereas adaptive perfectionists…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Comparative Analysis, Early Adolescents, Life Satisfaction
Gilman, Rich; Easterbrooks, Susan R.; Frey, Michele – Social Indicators Research, 2004
A key aspect of life quality is life satisfaction. Interest in this construct has increased among children and adolescents over the past decade given the differential mental health and educational outcomes associated with life satisfaction reports. Nevertheless, most research has used general samples of students, with very little understood of how…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Deafness, Partial Hearing, Children
Gilman, Rich; Huebner, E. Scott – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2006
This study investigated the characteristics of adolescents who report high levels of life global satisfaction. A total of 485 adolescents completed the "Students' Life Satisfaction Scale" (SLSS) (Huebner, E. S. (1991). "Sch. Psychol. Int." 12: 231-240.) along with self-report measures of intrapersonal, interpersonal, and school-related…
Descriptors: Individual Characteristics, Adolescents, Life Satisfaction, Adjustment (to Environment)
Park, Nansook; Huebner, E. Scott; Laughlin, James E.; Valois, Robert F.; Gilman, Rich – Social Indicators Research, 2004
The factorial invariance of the Multidimensional Students' Life Satisfaction Scale (MSLSS: Huebner, 1994) across two divergent cultures (collectivistic vs.individualistic) was investigated with 835 Korean and 822 US students in elementary, middle, and high schools. Psychometric properties of the Korean version of the MSLSS were acceptable. A…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Children, Adolescents, Life Satisfaction
Gilman, Rich; Meyers, Joel; Perez, Laura – Psychology in the Schools, 2004
One factor that contributes to adolescent positive mental health is active engagement. Engagement is defined as any activity that is initiated to attain an outcome. In general, two forms of activities exist that correspond with engagement: solitary, non-structured, and non-cooperative pursuits, often without adult supervision (e.g., playing video…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Self Esteem, Learning Activities, School Psychologists
