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A Global Decline in Adolescents' Subjective Well-Being: a Comparative Study Exploring Patterns of Change in the Life Satisfaction of 15-Year-Old Students in 46 Countries.

cam.issuedOnline2020-12-15
dc.contributor.authorMarquez, Jose
dc.contributor.authorLong, Emily
dc.contributor.orcidMarquez, Jose [0000-0002-6304-4444]
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-22T00:37:51Z
dc.date.available2021-10-22T00:37:51Z
dc.date.issued2021-06
dc.date.updated2021-10-22T00:37:50Z
dc.description.abstractThere is a growing body of research that demonstrates declines in subjective well-being and increases in mental health problems among children and young people in recent decades. However, there is little comparative research examining changes in adolescents' life satisfaction (LS) across a large number of countries, and critically, how this differs across sociodemographic groups. This study addresses this question by investigating changes in the LS of 15-year-old students between 2015 and 2018, with particular attention given to differences by gender, socio-economic status, immigrant background and urbanity. Data for this study come from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). Due to the skewed nature of LS scale variables, the current study includes both mean levels of LS in a 0 to 10 scale, and the proportion of students reporting low LS (5 points or less). Linear regression models were used. Results demonstrate a global decline in mean levels of LS in 39 out of the 46 countries. In most countries, mean LS declined more among girls than among boys. Mean LS declined more, and the proportion of students reporting low LS increased more, among non-immigrant students and those of higher SES in the majority of countries. Findings regarding rural or urban communities were mixed. We advise that heterogeneity across all sociodemographic groups needs to be accounted for in public policy efforts to increase LS among young people.
dc.identifier.doi10.17863/CAM.77192
dc.identifier.eissn1874-8988
dc.identifier.issn1874-897X
dc.identifier.otherPMC7611680
dc.identifier.other34539933
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/329746
dc.languageeng
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC
dc.publisher.urlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12187-020-09788-8
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.sourceessn: 1874-8988
dc.sourcenlmid: 101465745
dc.subjectAdolescence
dc.subjectHappiness
dc.subjectLife satisfaction
dc.subjectPISA
dc.subjectSubjective well-being
dc.titleA Global Decline in Adolescents' Subjective Well-Being: a Comparative Study Exploring Patterns of Change in the Life Satisfaction of 15-Year-Old Students in 46 Countries.
dc.typeArticle
dcterms.dateAccepted2020-10-26
prism.endingPage1292
prism.publicationNameChild Indic Res
prism.startingPage1251
prism.volume24
pubs.funder-project-idChief Scientist Office (SPHSU11, SPHSU14)
pubs.funder-project-idMedical and Life Sciences Research Fund (MR/S015078/1, MC_UU_12017/11)
pubs.funder-project-idMedical Research Council (MC_UU_12017/11, MR/S015078/1, MC_UU_12017/14)
rioxxterms.licenseref.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
rioxxterms.versionVoR
rioxxterms.versionofrecord10.1007/s12187-020-09788-8

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