Objective or Subjective Well-Being?

Axford, Nick; Jodrell, David; Hobbs, Tim

doi:10.1007/978-90-481-9063-8_108

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“…Historically, the measures of child well-being have mainly focused on objective indicators or have used proxies to assess child well-being [ 3 , 4 , 5 ]. Nevertheless, objective indicators may not be of relevance to the individual itself and the subjective and objective measures may even be at odds [ 6 , 7 ]. For instance, an adult may not be able to interpret that a child walking in circles is lonely, although at face-value seemingly occupied [ 8 ].…”

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How I Feel About My School—Adaptation and Validation of an Educational Well-Being Measure among Young Children in Sweden

Riad

Westling

Siljehag

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IJERPH

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The well-being of children has received increasing attention in recent years. Nevertheless, we lack adequate brief self-report tools that enable us to consider young children’s well-being in policy evaluations and educational research. This study describes the adaptation and first validation of the Swedish version of How I Feel About My School (HIFAMS), a subjective well-being questionnaire suitable for children aged 4 to 12 years, which was originally developed in the United Kingdom (UK). Descriptive statistics with analysis of psychometric properties and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) are based on the perceived well-being of 228 children in preschool and school aged 5 to 8 years old. The CFA endorsed a good fit to a one-factor model, and the scale showed moderate internal consistency (rα = 0.63). The results are largely in line with the findings of the original HIFAMS. We conclude that the Swedish version can be applied in early preschool/school settings and could provide first-hand information about children’s well-being from the first years of education until elementary school grades. Practitioners in early education settings might benefit from HIFAMS assessments when seeking to understand children’s current well-being to provide support to children with special educational needs or children at risk for mental health issues. Researchers could use the HIFAMS to standardize child well-being evaluations in policy evaluations and interventional studies.

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How I Feel About My School—Adaptation and Validation of an Educational Well-Being Measure among Young Children in Sweden

Riad

Westling

Siljehag

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“…SWB refers to individuals’ assessment of their lives as a whole (Rees, Bradshaw, Goswami, & Keung, 2010). It includes happiness and satisfaction in different life domains such as material wealth, home life, and friendships (Axford, Jodrell, & Hobbs, 2014). The study was taken in Israel, which is a complex society that involves different national and ethnical populations.…”

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How subjective well-being is associated with material deprivation and social exclusion in Israeli 12-year-olds.

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Ben‐Arieh

2017

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

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The literature examining the relations between economic situation and happiness has focused almost exclusively on a household's income as a proxy for economic situation and, accordingly, also focused chiefly on the adult population, excluding children and adolescents. To fill this gap, this study examines the relation between economic deprivation and happiness by using 2 alternative proxies: material deprivation and social exclusion. The study tests the relation of these measures to the most common measure for happiness-subjective well-being (SWB)-in a sample of Israeli 12-year-olds (N = 1,081). The study also examines the effects of culture and life circumstances on these complex relations. Findings show that both material deprivation and social exclusion are negatively associated with children's SWB. Social exclusion explained a much larger percentage of children's SWB, adding up to 20%. Furthermore, children who were identified as materially deprived and socially excluded were found to be at much greater risk for unhappiness. Material deprivation was found to be significantly more important to the SWB of males compared with females, and for Jews compared with Arabs. Finally, some implications for social policy and regarding the relation of economic situation and happiness are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record

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“…A high level of well-being stimulates social skills, curiosity, and vitality, prompting individuals to make decisions and even stirring their creative thinking ( Proctor et al, 2009 ; Suldo, Huebner, Friedrich, & Gilman, 2009 ). In contrast, adolescents with lower well-being have been reported to suffer significantly more from conflict with family members and feeling like they do not have enough friends or money ( Axford, Jodrell, & Hobbs, 2014 ).…”

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Effect of the Parent–Adolescent Relationship on Adolescent Boys’ Body Image and Subjective Well-Being

Walter

Shenaar-Golan

2017

Am J Mens Health

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Adolescent boys must cope with physical changes that hamper their ability to form a positive body image. Sociocultural messages influence the concepts of body image, personal appearance, and weight, encouraging men to develop lean and muscular bodies. The current study examined adolescent boys’ body image and its relationship to their subjective well-being (SWB) and the effect of the parent–adolescent relationship on body image and SWB. Participating in the research were 107 adolescent boys in Israel, aged 13 to 18 years. Four questionnaires were utilized: demographic, body mass index, Body Investment Scale, and Personal Well-Being Index. The findings indicate a significant, medium positive correlation between SWB and body image. After controlling for the variable of parent–adolescent relationship, the correlation weakened, indicating that the parent–adolescent relationship has no effect on adolescent boys’ SWB and body image. Body image was reported to be a predictor of SWB.

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Objective or Subjective Well-Being?

Cited by 27 publications

References 94 publications

How I Feel About My School—Adaptation and Validation of an Educational Well-Being Measure among Young Children in Sweden

How I Feel About My School—Adaptation and Validation of an Educational Well-Being Measure among Young Children in Sweden

How subjective well-being is associated with material deprivation and social exclusion in Israeli 12-year-olds.

Effect of the Parent–Adolescent Relationship on Adolescent Boys’ Body Image and Subjective Well-Being

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