Subjective well-being in urban adolescents of color.

Vera, Elizabeth; Thakral, Charu; Gonzales, Rufus R.; Morgan, Melissa L.; Conner, Wendy; Caskey, Erin; Bauer, A.; Mattera, Laurie-Ann; Clark, Stacy; Bena, Kim; Dick, Laura

doi:10.1037/1099-9809.14.3.224

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“…A sample item includes “In most ways my life is close to my ideal”, and higher scores indicate high life satisfaction levels. This scale has been found to be a valid and reliable measure among other African American adolescent samples (see Vera et al 2008). …”

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School and Neighborhood Contexts, Perceptions of Racial Discrimination, and Psychological Well-being Among African American Adolescents

Seaton

Yip

2008

J Youth Adolescence

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The present study examined contextual influences on the relationship between racial discrimination (individual, cultural, and collective/institutional) and psychological well-being. Two hundred and fifty two African American adolescents (46% male and 54% female, average age = 16) completed measures of racial discrimination, self-esteem, depressive symptoms and life satisfaction. Archival information regarding the racial/ethnic composition of the participants’ neighborhoods and schools was used and increased school diversity was linked to increased perceptions of cultural discrimination. Regardless of school and neighborhood diversity, high perceptions of collective/institutional discrimination were linked to lower self-esteem for students in high diversity settings. Further, high levels of collective/institutional discrimination were associated with lower life satisfaction for African American youth in low diversity settings.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 97%

School and Neighborhood Contexts, Perceptions of Racial Discrimination, and Psychological Well-being Among African American Adolescents

Seaton

Yip

2008

J Youth Adolescence

175

159

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“…Scores range from 10 to 50 for each subscale, with higher scores reflecting more frequent emotions in each category. Past research has shown that the PANAS has adequate construct validity (Watson et al, 1988) and acceptable reliability, including studies with samples of diverse adolescents (Crocker, 1997; Huebner & Dew, 1995; Vera et al, 2008).…”

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confidence: 99%

Gender Differences in Contextual Predictors of Urban, Early Adolescents' Subjective Well‐Being

Vera

Moallem

Vacek

et al. 2012

J Multicult Couns & Deve

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Gender differences in predicting subjective well‐being (SWB) were examined in 168 urban adolescents. School satisfaction predicted life satisfaction for boys; for girls, family satisfaction predicted life satisfaction and neighborhood satisfaction predicted negative affect. Self‐esteem predicted positive affect for both genders, but friends satisfaction and ethnic identity failed to predict SWB. Se examinaron las diferencias de género al predecir el bienestar subjetivo (SWB, por sus siglas en inglés) de 168 adolescentes urbanos. La satisfacción escolar predijo la satisfacción vital en los chicos; en las chicas, la satisfacción familiar predijo la satisfacción vital, y la satisfacción en el vecindario predijo los sentimientos negativos. La autoestima predijo sentimientos positivos en ambos géneros, pero la satisfacción con los amigos y la identidad étnica no fueron predictores del SWB.

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“…This suggests that there may be ways to enhance SWB by modifying its predictors (e.g., optimism). Enhancing social and familial resources may have the most potential for improving SWB in adolescents (Vera et al, 2008).…”

Section: Subjective Well-being Personality and Family Climatementioning

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Besides That I'm Ok: Well-Being in Caribbean and American Adolescents and Youth

Morris¹,

Martin²,

Hopson³

et al. 2010

Journal of Research on Christian Education

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A total of 235 adolescents and college students from Aruba, St. Lucia, Tennessee, and Alabama participated in this study that measured various aspects of wellbeing. The Life Factors Questionnaire measured participants' responses on such self-reported measures as health, intelligence, subjective well-being, responses to stress, optimism, depressive symptoms, and on several open-ended queries of participants' perceptions on life goals, role models, and important values. Results show that overall groups were quite similar on most of the well-being variables measured. Older participants tended to report more depressive symptoms than their younger counterparts. American adolescents and college students had more depressive symptoms than their Caribbean counterparts. Seventh-Day Adventist adolescents reported twice as many depressive symptoms than students from different religious affiliations (Roman Catholic and other religions).

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Subjective well-being in urban adolescents of color.

Cited by 41 publications

References 66 publications

School and Neighborhood Contexts, Perceptions of Racial Discrimination, and Psychological Well-being Among African American Adolescents

School and Neighborhood Contexts, Perceptions of Racial Discrimination, and Psychological Well-being Among African American Adolescents

Gender Differences in Contextual Predictors of Urban, Early Adolescents' Subjective Well‐Being

Besides That I'm Ok: Well-Being in Caribbean and American Adolescents and Youth

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