Estimating the longitudinal changes in life satisfaction of multicultural adolescents via piecewise growth mixture modeling

Baek, Seunghiey; Park, So young; Chung, Hyewon

doi:10.30916/kera.56.1.187

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“…Our results revealed higher life satisfaction in sixth- than fifth-grade participants; however, life satisfaction tended to decline after the sixth grade. This is consistent with the results of another study ( 12 ). One reason for this trend can be the limited focus of policies supporting multicultural families.…”

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confidence: 94%

“…Further, self-esteem and ego-resilience were significant factors at all grades, as indicated by earlier studies ( 12 , 13 ). Self-esteem had a stronger impact on life satisfaction in elementary school students, whereas ego-resilience had a higher impact in middle-school students.…”

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confidence: 82%

“…The physical changes associated with adolescence naturally enhance individuals’ interest in one's appearance ( 32 ) which is probably the reason why body satisfaction influences life satisfaction in multicultural adolescents. The current study identified family support, a social factor, as a key predictor, as in earlier research findings ( 12 , 15 ). An international comparison of adolescents’ values reported that Korean adolescents have a high regard for familial values ( 26 ).…”

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confidence: 79%

“…Despite the assumption that the challenges faced by adolescents differ across grades, most of the earlier studies only performed cross-sectional analyses on factors in a single period ( 11 , 14 , 16 ). Moreover, although a few studies conducted longitudinal analyses to examine the changes that occur over time, the longitudinal analysis method is limited to consider various factors that affect life satisfaction ( 12 , 13 , 15 ).…”

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Changes in Factors Affecting the Life Satisfaction of Multicultural Adolescents in Korea

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Background: Currently, Korea is witnessing a steady increase in the number of adolescents from multicultural families. we aimed to identify the trends in life satisfaction changes and identifies the predictors of life satisfaction in multicultural adolescents at the grade level. Methods: Data from the Multicultural Adolescent Panel Survey (2012-2015) were analyzed in this study. Accordingly, we performed multiple linear regression analysis with previously identified life satisfaction predictors in adolescents as the explanatory variables for each school year. Results: Multicultural adolescents experienced higher life satisfaction in the sixth than fifth grade, and their satisfaction tended to decline after the sixth grade. Academic satisfaction, depression, self-esteem, ego-resilience, and family support significantly predicted the group’s life satisfaction in fourth to eighth grades; however, since these factors changed across grade levels, their impact on life satisfaction also varied across grades. Conclusion: These findings highlight the necessity of developing approaches that consider the varying factors and their grade-level effects on multicultural adolescents’ life satisfaction and implementing effective policies and programs tailored to each grade level or developmental stage. These results provide valuable data to determine the timings and contents of such policies and programs.

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