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Perceived Quality of Life and Life Satisfaction: Does the Role of Gender, Age, Skills, and Psychological Factors Remain Relevant after the COVID-19 Pandemic?
- Source :
- Children; Sep2023, Vol. 10 Issue 9, p1460, 18p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Background: After two years of psychological, physical, social, economic, environmental, and societal challenges, this paper examines the psychological health and well-being of Portuguese students based on their socioemotional skills (SSES), positive youth development (PYD), depression, anxiety, and stress (DASS), as well as the relationship between these variables and their influence on perceived quality of life and life satisfaction. Methods: This study examined 3235 students from lower to upper secondary, half of whom were female (M = 14.46 ± 1.883 years old). Using SPSS software, descriptive statistics were determined for all variables; mean differences between age and gender were found using ANOVA and the post hoc Scheffe test. Linear regressions with the Enter method were used to study how to predict perceived quality of life and satisfaction with life. Results: Males had scores indicating more SSES|optimism, emotional control, resilience, confidence, sociability, creativity, energy, a sense of belonging to school, and PYD. Girls had better skills for cooperating and relating to teachers but more test anxiety and DASS. Younger adolescents had better psychological health, greater skills, and a better perception of quality of life and life satisfaction when compared to older adolescents. Age, gender, SSES, PYD, and the DASS variables can explain 69% of the variance in life satisfaction, while these variables can explain 60.5% of the variance in perceived quality of life. Conclusions: These results point to the relevance of SSES for psychological health and well-being, suggesting that interventions should focus on promoting these variables, paying special attention to female gender and age-related challenges. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- WELL-being
STATISTICS
SOCIALIZATION
ANALYSIS of variance
CONFIDENCE
AGE distribution
SATISFACTION
MENTAL health
REGRESSION analysis
CREATIVE ability
PEARSON correlation (Statistics)
PSYCHOLOGICAL tests
PSYCHOLOGY of high school students
QUALITY of life
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
QUESTIONNAIRES
RESEARCH funding
SOCIAL skills
DATA analysis software
DATA analysis
EMOTION regulation
COVID-19 pandemic
OPTIMISM
PSYCHOLOGICAL resilience
ADOLESCENCE
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 22279067
- Volume :
- 10
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Children
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 172392974
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/children10091460