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Life events, self‐concept, and adolescents' positive subjective well‐being
Author(s) -
McCullough Gable,
Huebner E. Scott,
Laughlin James E.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
psychology in the schools
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1520-6807
pISSN - 0033-3085
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1520-6807(200005)37:3<281::aid-pits8>3.0.co;2-2
Subject(s) - psychology , life satisfaction , variance (accounting) , developmental psychology , well being , affect (linguistics) , intervention (counseling) , positive psychology , subjective well being , positive relationship , clinical psychology , social psychology , psychotherapist , happiness , accounting , communication , psychiatry , business
This study investigated the interrelationships among global self‐concept, life events, and positive subjective well‐being (positive affect [PA], negative affect [NA], and life satisfaction [LS]) in a sample of 92 high school students. The results demonstrated that life events contributed significant variance to predictions of PA, NA, and LS, over and above that of global self‐concept. Also, daily events contributed variance over and above that of major life events. Looking at the specific event types that related uniquely to the positive well‐being measures, only negative daily events related significantly to PA and NA, and only positive daily events related significantly to LS. The results also indicated that the positive well‐being constructs each contained unique variance and had different correlates, thus providing strong support for the multidimensionality of adolescent positive well‐being reports. Implications for further research and intervention programs are discussed. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.