Life Satisfaction Development in the Transition to Adulthood: Differences by Gender and Immigrant Background.

ABSTRACT: Life satisfaction is crucial for healthy development into adulthood. However, it is yet largely unknown how life satisfaction develops in the transition to adulthood. This study examined life satisfaction development in this transition and paid special attention to differences between boys, girls, children of immigrants, and nonimmigrants. Unique longitudinal data of seven waves (2010-2018) of the Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Survey Germany were used. Respondents (N = 3757, 54% girls, 78% nonimmigrants, M_{age weighted} = 14.6, SD = 0.6 at wave 1) were followed between ages 14 and 23 and multi-level random effect models were applied. Life satisfaction developed in a nonlinear way in the transition to adulthood (M-shape), with overall decreases between age 17 and 18 and betwe

SUBMITTER: Henkens JHD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8828595 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature