Satisfaction of Needs and Determining of Life Goals: A Model of Subjective Well-Being for Adolescents in High School

Eryilmaz A.

KURAM VE UYGULAMADA EGITIM BILIMLERI, cilt.11, sa.4, ss.1757-1764, 2011 (SSCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 11 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2011
  • Dergi Adı: KURAM VE UYGULAMADA EGITIM BILIMLERI
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1757-1764
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Subjective Well-Being, Satisfaction of Needs, Determining Life Goals, Adolescents, SELF-CONCORDANCE, PERSONAL GOALS, PEER RELATIONS, PREDICTORS, MOTIVATION, AUTONOMY, COMPETENCE, HAPPINESS, CHILDREN, BEHAVIOR
  • Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

The aim of this study is to develop and tests subjective well-being model for adolescents in high school. A total of 326 adolescents in high school (176 female and 150 male) participated in this study. The data was collected by using the general needs satisfaction questionnaire, which is for the adolescents subjective well-being, and determining life goats questionnaire. The structural equation modeling method was used for analysis of the data. The results of the analysis showed that in the original model, the individual variables and the total effect of variables were directly and indirectly related to subjective welt being of adolescents in high school. The direct and indirect effects of the independent variables to subjective well-being were found significant. The findings suggest that to enhance the subjective well-being of high school students, a combination of satisfaction of needs and determining of life goals are essential.