Life Satisfaction in Russian Primary Schoolchildren: Links with Personality and Family Environment

Leto, Irina V.; Petrenko, E.; Slobodskaya, Helena R.

doi:10.1007/s10902-018-0036-6

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“…The statements are overall evaluations of the young person's life, for example: "My life is going well". The Russian version has been validated, supporting good reliability of the scale (Leto, Petrenko, & Slobodskaya, 2018). In the present study, alpha was .74.…”

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Effortful Control in Primary Schoolchildren: Links with Personality, Problem Behaviour, Academic Achievement, and Subjective Well-Being

Kornienko¹,

Petrenko²,

Leto³

et al. 2018

Psych. Rus.

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Background: Effortful control is a core aspect of self-regulation and refers to the ability to voluntarily regulate behaviour and attention, measured by temperament questionnaires. Although the Temperament in Middle Childhood Questionnaire is widely used in different countries, this measure has not been fully explored. Most research on the links of effortful control with personality and important outcomes has been carried out in Western nations; the possibility of extending these findings to other cultures requires study. Objective: To examine effortful control and its relations to personality and wellbeing in a community sample of primary schoolchildren in Russia. Design: Parents of 7-10-year-olds (N = 614) completed the abbreviated Effortful Control scale of the TMCQ, the Inventory of Child Individual Differences-Short version, and the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ); teachers provided SDQ data and school grades; children completed the Students' Life Satisfaction Scale. Results: The findings supported a four-factor structure of Effortful Control, including Attention Focusing, Inhibitory Control, Activation Control, and Low-Intensity Pleasure. Effortful Control was associated with the personality traits of Conscientiousness, Agreeableness, and Openness, and also with Positive Emotions and low Neuroticism. Effortful Control was also associated with academic achievement, subjective well-being, and lower levels of externalising and internalising problems. Structural modelling showed that Attentional Control contributed to problem behaviour and subjective wellbeing; Inhibitory Control contributed to externalising problems; and Activation Control contributed to academic achievement. Effortful Control in Primary Schoolchildren… 3 Conclusion: Effortful Control and its components were strongly related to higherand lower-order personality traits. The findings confirmed the important role of effortful control in the academic success and well-being of Russian primary schoolchildren.

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Effortful Control in Primary Schoolchildren: Links with Personality, Problem Behaviour, Academic Achievement, and Subjective Well-Being

Kornienko¹,

Petrenko²,

Leto³

et al. 2018

Psych. Rus.

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“…[ 1 ] demonstrates that household composition and the length of time a family remain living in a city are not associated with satisfaction with life in that place. However, other studies [ 49 ] report that life satisfaction is significantly correlated, albeit weakly, with the family situation, essentially with the composition of the family (parents’ marital status, number of children, etc.). For example, the size of the family unit has a positive impact on individual happiness [ 4 ].…”

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The relationship between happiness and quality of life: A model for Spanish society

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A key goal for society as a whole is the pursuit of well-being, which leads to the happiness of its individual members; as such, it is of critical socioeconomic relevance. In this regard, it is important to study which factors primarily affect the happiness of the population. In principle, these factors are associated with income level and residential and job stability, or more specifically, citizens’ quality of life. This research, which is based on a multidimensional concept of quality of life, uses a regression model to explain the dependence of Spaniards’ happiness on the well-being or quality of life provided by their work, their family situation, their income level and aspects of their place of residence, among other factors. The data were collected through an anonymous survey administered to a representative sample of Spanish citizens. The methodology used approaches the intangible concept of happiness as resulting from different individual and social causes selected from dimensions addressed in the literature, and calculates their effects or importance through regression coefficients. One of the findings is that people with the highest level of well-being or quality of life in the most important dimensions mostly claim to be happy. With respect to gender, it has a significant influence on the dimensions included in the model of citizen happiness and on personal issues. It is also shown that the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic negatively influenced the quality of life of Spanish citizens and therefore their happiness.

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“…The AFCS should also be positively associated with a positive mindset and personality dimensions, such as selfcompassion [11], satisfaction with life [4][5][6][7], agreeableness and conscientiousness [1][2][3]. In contrast, it should be negatively correlated with neuroticism [1][2][3], depression, anxiety and stress [8][9][10][11][12][13]. On the other hand, the literature suggested that the AFCS would have a low or nonsignificant association with extraversion and openness to experience [1,2].…”

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“…In contrast, it should be negatively correlated with neuroticism [1][2][3], depression, anxiety and stress [8][9][10][11][12][13]. On the other hand, the literature suggested that the AFCS would have a low or nonsignificant association with extraversion and openness to experience [1,2].…”

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“…Research has shown that the characteristics of one's family and its functioning have a profound impact on individuals' development of various characteristics, attitudes, behaviors and mental health issues. Studies showed that family cohesion and a positive AFCS construct validity in Thai population parent-child relationship have small-to medium-sized positive correlations with the child's conscientiousness and agreeableness, small-to medium-sized negative correlation with neuroticism, and weak or nonsignificant correlation with extraversion and openness to experience [1][2][3]. Individuals who have a harmonious relationship with their family members tend to report higher subjective well-being [4,5] and life satisfaction [6,7].…”

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Construct validity and measurement invariance of the Asian Family Characteristics Scale in the Thai population

Huansuriya

Kruahiran

Sriutaisuk

et al. 2021

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper was to establish the psychometric properties of the Asian Family Characteristics Scale (AFCS) in the Thai population.Design/methodology/approachThe 30-item AFCS originally developed in the Malay language was translated into Thai. Thai (n = 384) and Malay (n = 500) participants in Study 1 responded to the AFCS in their respective languages. The data were subjected to a confirmatory factor analysis with a measurement invariance test. In Study 2, Thai participants (n = 495) filled out the AFCS and Chulalongkorn Family Index, International Personality Item Pool-NEO, Self-Compassion Scale, Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS-21) and Satisfaction with Life Scale.FindingsStudy 1 showed that the measurement model of the Thai AFCS fit the data from the Thai population. The measurement invariance test confirmed that the structure and meaning of the AFCS are equivalent across the Thai and Malay samples. Study 2 demonstrated the AFCS's convergent validity by showing that the AFCS score had a positive correlation with the Chulalongkorn Family Inventory, self-compassion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, satisfaction with life and a negative correlation with neuroticism, depression, anxiety and stress. The AFCS's discriminant validity was supported by nonsignificant correlations with extraversion and openness to experience.Originality/valueThis paper is an attempt to develop a family characteristic measure specifically for the Asian population. The results provide empirical evidence for measurement invariance and validity of the scale in another Asian language, enhancing its cross-cultural generalizability.

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Life Satisfaction in Russian Primary Schoolchildren: Links with Personality and Family Environment

Cited by 28 publications

References 58 publications

Effortful Control in Primary Schoolchildren: Links with Personality, Problem Behaviour, Academic Achievement, and Subjective Well-Being

Effortful Control in Primary Schoolchildren: Links with Personality, Problem Behaviour, Academic Achievement, and Subjective Well-Being

The relationship between happiness and quality of life: A model for Spanish society

Construct validity and measurement invariance of the Asian Family Characteristics Scale in the Thai population

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