Are Greek school students flourishing?

Didaskalou, Eleni; Andreou, Eleni; Roussi-Vergou, Christina; Skrzypiec, Grace

doi:10.1080/02643944.2018.1480185

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“…The results show that during the pandemic, late adolescents are the age group that presents the lowest scores in flourishing. This is in agreement with previous studies indicating that as adolescence progresses, the perception of wellbeing decreases (Andreou et al, 2020 ; Didaskalou et al, 2018 ; Guijarro et al, 2021 ; Heiman et al, 2018 ; Moksnes et al, 2021 ); likewise, data confirm that males score higher, as reported by the literature (Casas & González-Carrasco, 2019 ; González-Carrasco et al, 2017 ). Following this perspective, girls were observed to have higher scores on languishing than boys in both countries; a higher prevalence of languishing is also observed in late adolescents.…”

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confidence: 93%

“…The Chilean adolescents in the sample are mainly affected by the categories of 'left out', 'called names', 'mean', and 'teased', while 'rumors', 'teased', and 'left out' were predominant in Mexican adolescents. Relational or passive victimization is aimed at damaging peer relationships and include exclusion, withdrawal of friendship, and gossiping (Pontillo et al, 2019), representing a high risk factor for the wellbeing of adolescents, which is in line with other studies that identified gender differences, with female students reporting more challenges for their wellbeing (Didaskalou et al, 2018). The types of violence that affected men to a larger extent are also relational and psychological, with similar percentages for both countries.…”

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confidence: 78%

“…Studies in different cultural contexts have demonstrated that gender and age are related to the emotional, social, and psychological subjective wellbeing of adolescents. Regarding gender, some studies report that male students have higher levels of wellbeing (Didaskalou et al, 2018;Guijarro et al, 2021;Heiman et al, 2018;Moksnes et al, 2021). As for age, some studies indicate that perceptions of wellbeing show a significant decrease as people grow older (Didaskalou et al, 2018).…”

Section: Hedonic and Eudaimonic Wellbeing In Adolescentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Regarding gender, some studies report that male students have higher levels of wellbeing (Didaskalou et al, 2018;Guijarro et al, 2021;Heiman et al, 2018;Moksnes et al, 2021). As for age, some studies indicate that perceptions of wellbeing show a significant decrease as people grow older (Didaskalou et al, 2018). Recently, several studies conducted based on data from the Children's World project, which assesses subjective wellbeing in adolescents from various countries, have shown that subjective wellbeing decreases progressively during adolescence beginning at 11-12 years of age, and that this is more evident in girls (Casas & González-Carrasco, 2019;González-Carrasco et al, 2017).…”

Section: Hedonic and Eudaimonic Wellbeing In Adolescentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Characterization of Wellbeing and its Relationship with Exposure to Violence in Mexican and Chilean Early and Late Adolescents during the COVID-19 Pandemic

2022

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The current COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has generated negative psychological effects on the global population. In this context, one of the most vulnerable groups is adolescents, who have faced a range of challenging scenarios. The consequences of this pandemic for the wellbeing of adolescents need to be researched across countries. From this perspective, this study aims to characterize the wellbeing of adolescents from Mexico and Chile during the pandemic and delve into the relationship between victimization and the hedonic and eudaimonic types of wellbeing. Data from adolescent students (n = 3,275) were used, with the support of the Global Research Alliance. Descriptive and regression analyses were conducted and their results indicated that: 1) Late adolescents scored lower on flourishing, and males scored higher than females. There was also a higher prevalence of languishing in late adolescents from both countries, as well as high levels of languishing in non-binary adolescents, especially in Chile; 2) There was a high prevalence of poly-victimization, with the highest percentage reported by females and the late adolescent group in both countries; 3) Non-victims had a higher probability of being in the flourishing group than victims in both countries; 4) Poly-victimization especially had an effect on the eudaimonic wellbeing of early adolescents and on the hedonic and eudaimonic wellbeing of late adolescents in both countries. Implications related to the mental health policies for adolescence are discussed in terms of how to increase adolescent wellbeing.

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confidence: 93%

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 78%

Section: Hedonic and Eudaimonic Wellbeing In Adolescentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Hedonic and Eudaimonic Wellbeing In Adolescentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Characterization of Wellbeing and its Relationship with Exposure to Violence in Mexican and Chilean Early and Late Adolescents during the COVID-19 Pandemic

2022

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“…Well-being in adolescence also has to be addressed country specific and internationally [ 26 , 59 , 72 ] to develop international educational policies. Differences in adolescents’ lives are diverse and based on the respective culture [ 24 , 49 , 54 , 55 , 73 ].…”

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Patterns of students’ well-being in early adolescence: A latent class and two-wave latent transition analysis

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Adolescence is a developmental stage with high risks in terms of psychological challenges and adjustments related to subjective well-being. Thus far, the findings reported a general decrease in school-related well-being over time. We considered well-being a multidimensional and latent construct that included both feeling good and functioning well at the individual level, and focused on the interplay between hedonic and eudemonic factors. Data of N = 377 high school students in Switzerland were used by conducting an online longitudinal study with two waves. Baseline data was gathered in autumn 2019 and the subsequent time point occurred 1 year later (2020; grades seven and eight). By applying a person-oriented analytical approach via latent class and latent transition analyses, we were able to identify and compare longitudinally three distinct well-being patterns and the respective trajectories. Regarding the distribution of the well-being patterns for both waves, significant changes over time were identified: particularly from wave 1 to wave 2, where there was an increase for the low and high well-being patterns, yet a decrease for the middle pattern. Comparing the stability of the respective patterns over time, the high well-being level showed the highest stability of all identified patterns. Multinomial logistic regression of covariates to the identified latent status membership established for both waves showed low but significant effects of socio-demographic variables. At wave 1, having a migration background was associated with a significant increase of being in a low versus high well-being level pattern. At wave 2, being female was associated with a significant increase of being in a low versus high and in a middle versus high well-being pattern.

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School bullying, subjective well‐being, and resilience

Andreou

Roussi-Vergou

Didaskalou

et al. 2020

Psychology in the Schools

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The aim of the current study was to examine the role of resilience in the victimization experiences of students and their subjective well‐being as well as to explore gender and age‐related effects. Initially, 558 students (52.15% male) from grades 6 to 10 participated in the study completing The Student Aggression and Victimization Questionnaire, The Mental Health Continuum, and the Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale. One‐hundred and twenty‐seven (22.8%) students were excluded from the final analysis, as they did not report any victimization experience during the past 3 months. Males in all year levels reported higher levels of well‐being and resilience compared with females. No gender differences were found in victimization experiences. Languishing students were found to be at higher risk of experiencing serious victimization. Resilience was not found to moderate the effects of victimization on mental health, but a higher level of resilience appeared to be related to more positive well‐being for boys and younger students. Limitations of the study and implications for anti‐bullying interventions are briefly discussed.

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Are Greek school students flourishing?

Cited by 8 publications

References 32 publications

Characterization of Wellbeing and its Relationship with Exposure to Violence in Mexican and Chilean Early and Late Adolescents during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Characterization of Wellbeing and its Relationship with Exposure to Violence in Mexican and Chilean Early and Late Adolescents during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Patterns of students’ well-being in early adolescence: A latent class and two-wave latent transition analysis

School bullying, subjective well‐being, and resilience

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