Italian and Swedish adolescents: differences and associations in subjective well-being and psychological well-being.

ABSTRACT:

Background

One important aspect of subjective judgments about one's well-being (i.e., subjective well-being: life satisfaction, positive affect, and negative affect) is that cultural features, such as, nationality seem to shape cognitive judgments about the "the ideal life." In this comparative study we examined differences in subjective well-being and psychological well-being between Italian and Swedish adolescents and tested if the relationship between the three constructs of subjective well-being (i.e., satisfaction with life, positive affect, and negative affect) and psychological well-being was moderated by the adolescents' nationality.

Method

Italian (n = 255) and Swedish (n = 277) adolescents answered to the Satisfaction with Life Scale, the Positive Aff

SUBMITTER: Garcia D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5237367 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature