Patterns of students' well-being in early adolescence: A latent class and two-wave latent transition analysis.

ABSTRACT: Adolescence is a developmental stage with high risks in terms of psychological challenges and adjustments related to subjective well-being. Thus far, the findings reported a general decrease in school-related well-being over time. We considered well-being a multidimensional and latent construct that included both feeling good and functioning well at the individual level, and focused on the interplay between hedonic and eudemonic factors. Data of N = 377 high school students in Switzerland were used by conducting an online longitudinal study with two waves. Baseline data was gathered in autumn 2019 and the subsequent time point occurred 1 year later (2020; grades seven and eight). By applying a person-oriented analytical approach via latent class and latent transition analyses, we were able

SUBMITTER: Kassis W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9714847 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature