scholarly journals Intercultural Profiles and Adaptation Among Immigrant and Autochthonous Adolescents

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristiano Inguglia ◽  
Pasquale Musso
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Comprehensive Understanding ◽  
Immigrant Adolescents ◽  
Acculturation Process ◽  
Multiple Indicators ◽  
The Social ◽  
Psychology Perspective ◽  
Cluster Analytic

Few studies examine relationships between intercultural strategies and adaptation among adolescents using a person-oriented approach. Framed from an intercultural psychology perspective, this study used such an approach in order to examine the influence of intercultural profiles, patterns of relationships among variables related to intercultural strategies, on the adaptation of adolescents of both non-dominant and dominant groups. Two hundred and fifty-six adolescents living in Italy and aged from 14 to 18 participated to the study: 127 immigrants from Tunisia (males = 49.61%) and 129 autochthonous (males = 44.19%). Data were collected through self-report questionnaires. Using cluster analytic methods to identify profiles, the results showed that immigrant adolescents were divided in two acculturation profiles, ethnic and integrated-national, with adolescents belonging to the latter showing higher self-esteem, life satisfaction and sociocultural competence than the former. Also among autochthonous adolescents two acculturation expectation profiles were identified, not-multicultural and multicultural, with adolescents belonging to the latter showing higher self-esteem and life satisfaction than the former. Findings highlight the importance of using multiple indicators in order to gain a more comprehensive understanding of the acculturation process as well as suggesting implications for the social policies in this field.

scholarly journals Reliability and Validity Studies of Externality of Happiness Scale Among Turkish Adults

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (14) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Murat Yildirim ◽  
Ufuk Barmanpek ◽  
Ahmad A. H. Farag
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Internal Consistency Reliability ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Measurement Tool ◽  
Incremental Value ◽  
Future Clinical Practice ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Fear Of Happiness

Externality of happiness is a psychological construct that refers to the degree to which individuals perceive their level of happiness as beyond their control and mostly dependent to external factors. The aim of this study was to examine the reliability and validity of the Externality of Happiness scale (EOH) among a Turkish adult sample. A total of 230 participants (152 males and 78 females; mean age = 37.8 years, SD = 9.1) completed self-report measures of externality of happiness, life satisfaction, flouring, self-esteem, and fear of happiness. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis supported a one-factor structure for the EOH. The EOH was found to be negatively correlated with life satisfaction, flourishing, and self-esteem and positively correlated with fear of happiness. The scale also showed incremental value over self-esteem in predicting life satisfaction. Furthermore, the scale was found to be discriminated from fear of happiness. Moreover, evidence was provided for internal-consistency reliability. Overall, the findings suggested that Turkish version of EOH had adequate reliability and validity scores and that it can be used as a useful measurement tool to assess externality of happiness beliefs in future clinical practice and research.

scholarly journals Research Tools for Evaluating the Effects of a Vocational Horticulture Program on the Self-development of Female Inmates

1997 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 305-308
Author(s):  
Melanie M. Migura ◽  
J.M. Zajicek
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Quantitative Evaluation ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
The Self ◽  
Female Inmates ◽  
Plant Interactions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Self Development

Quantitative evaluation of horticulture vocational-therapy programs is becoming more and more critical as professionals in the area of people-plant interactions try to document the value of their programs. Evaluation tools to assess self-development of individuals studying such factors as self-esteem, life satisfaction, and locus of control have long been used in the social science disciplines. Many of these tools, either in their original forms or with some adaptations, can be successfully used to measure changes in self-development of individuals participating in horticulture programs.

Emotional and Behavioural Problems and Competencies among Immigrant and Non-Immigrant Adolescents

1998 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 658-665 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa C. Davies ◽  
Robert S. McKelvey
Keyword(s):  
School Setting ◽  
Multiple Informants ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Behavioural Problems ◽  
Emotional And Behavioural Problems ◽  
Immigrant Adolescents ◽  
Intact Families ◽  
Externalising Problems ◽  
The Social ◽  
And Gender

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare levels of emotional and behavioural problems and competencies among immigrant and non-immigrant adolescents, and to determine factors that may contribute to any differences reported. Method: Subjects were selected randomly from students aged 12-16 years attending a high school with a high proportion of immigrants in Perth, Western Australia. Parents completed the Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL), and students completed the Youth Self-Report (YSR) and a Personal History Questionnaire. Results: On univariate analyses, non-immigrant adolescents had significantly higher CBCL and YSR scores than immigrant adolescents. Multivariate analyses suggested that CBCL scores were predicted by a number of variables other than immigration, including family intactness, socioeconomic status (SES) and gender. Higher YSR scores were predicted by non-intact families, school setting and non-immigrant status, and higher competencies scores were predicted by higher SES and parents not being immigrants. Conclusions: In assessing the effects of immigration on adolescent mental health, it is important to control for factors associated with adolescent behavioural and emotional problems and to use multiple informants. Overall, immigrant adolescents report fewer total and externalising problems and fewer competencies than native-born adolescents. This finding may reflect strict immigration policies or cultural differences in definitions of psychopathology and the social expectations for adolescents' behaviour.

scholarly journals Perceived Job Insecurity and Sustainable Wellbeing: Do Coping Strategies Help?

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 784 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marianna Giunchi ◽  
Anne-Marie Vonthron ◽  
Chiara Ghislieri
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Job Insecurity ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Personal Resources ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
The Social ◽  
Perceived Job Insecurity

For workers, perceived job insecurity represents a threat and an obstacle towards achieving a decent and sustainable dimension of wellbeing at work and in life. Using the theoretical background of the psychology of sustainability and sustainable development, the aim of this study is to deepen the relation between subjective job insecurity, self-related health and life satisfaction considering the effect of personal resources, such as specific coping strategies that people may undertake facing job insecurity perceptions. The hypotheses were tested in a convenience sample of 769 employees in France. Data were collected with a self-report questionnaire and analyzed with the Statistical Package for the Social Science (IBM SPSS). Results showed that job insecurity was negatively related to self-reported health and life satisfaction; furthermore, problem-focused coping of the type of job, social support and training searching behaviors resulted in worsening this negative relationship. This study expanded the understanding of coping in the context of job insecurity and showed the limitations that proactive coping strategies have against job insecurity. These results encourage the debate on how far is it possible to attain sustainable wellbeing by relying on personal resources when job insecurity is experienced.

The Strategy and Attribution Questionnaire: Psychometric Properties 1The preparation of this article was supported by a grant from the Social Science Research Council of Finland. We are grateful to Michael Berzonsky for his helpful comments on an earlier draft.

1995 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 108-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jari-Erik Nurmi ◽  
Katariina Salmela-Aro ◽  
Tarja Haavisto
Keyword(s):  
Social Science Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Self Report ◽  
The Social ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Attribution Questionnaire ◽  
Validity Criteria ◽  
Task Irrelevant ◽  
The University

It has been suggested that people's cognitive and attributional strategies influence the extent to which they are successful in various situations. A 60-item self-report scale for measuring these strategies was developed. This Strategy and Attribution Questionnaire (SAQ) comprised ten subscales: (1) Success expectations, (2) Task-irrelevant behaviour, (3) Seeking social support, (4) Reflective thinking and (5) Master-orientation in an achievement situation, and (6) Success expectations, (7) Task-irrelevant behaviour, (8) Avoidance, (9) Master-orientation and (10) Pessimism in an affiliative context. An attempt to validate these subscales was made by correlating them with Rosenberg's Self-esteem and Self-stability Scales, a revised Beck's Depression Inventory, the Peer Relationship Measure, and the levels of task-irrelevant behaviour, test-anxiety, and grades in a university examination. This was done with a sample of 488 undergraduates at the University of Helsinki. The results showed that the SAQ subscales were moderately or highly, and in theoretically expected ways, associated with various validity criteria. Moreover, internal consistency and retest reliabilities were good. The results suggest that the SAQ provides a valid and reliable measure for identifying different types of cognitive and attributional strategy.

scholarly journals Moderating Effect of Self-Esteem on the Relationship Between Optimism and Life Satisfaction in Final Year University Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 12
Author(s):  
Samson F. Agberotimi ◽  
Choja Oduaran
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
University Students ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽  
Life Orientation Test ◽  
Life Orientation ◽  
The Relationship

This study examined the moderating effect of self-esteem on the relationship between optimism and life satisfaction in final year university students. A correlational survey design was utilized. Two hundred and twenty-three university final year students of a Nigerian university consisting of 124 males and 99 females aged 24.67±2.56 participated in the study. Data were collected with a structured self-report questionnaire containing satisfaction with life scale (α = .82), Rosenberg self-esteem scale (α = .86), and life orientation test – revised (α = .79). Data were analyzed with SPSS v.23 at 0.05 significant level. Self-esteem significantly moderated the relationship between optimism and life satisfaction as indicated by a significant increase in proportion of the variance in life satisfaction when the interaction term between optimism and self-esteem was added to the regression model [ΔR2 = .03, ΔF (1, 219) = 7.26, p < .008, b = .188, t(220) = 2.69, p < .01]. It was concluded that the predictive impact of optimism on life satisfaction of university final year students is enhanced by their self-esteem; thus, students should be exposed to environment and program that promotes the development of high self-esteem and optimistic life orientation to enhance their well-being.

scholarly journals Life Satisfaction Among Filipino Older Adults Living in the Coastal Area

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 157-164
Author(s):  
Rhona Marie Caingles Noquiao
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Rank Correlation ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Spearman’S Rank Correlation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Social Provisions

Perhaps an all-encompassing aspiration of everyone who has ever walked the earth is to have lived his/her life to the fullest. However, the life experiences of each individual are the products of the decisions they make. This study aimed to investigate the relationship of older adults in Cabulijan, Tubigon, Bohol, Philippines’ self-esteem, social provisions received from other people, and relationships with other people to the level of their life satisfaction. Specifically, it sought to address the following queries: Is there a significant relationship between self-esteem, social provisions received from other people, and relationships with other people, and relationships with other people and the level of life satisfaction of older adults? Which of the factors of self-esteem, social provisions received from other people, and relationships with other people significantly contribute to the level of life satisfactions of older adults? Fifty respondents 65 years and older comprised the participants of this research. The method used was cross-sectional explanatory design. Frequency, percentage, weighted mean, and Spearman’s rank correlation were the statistical tools applied in this study. The findings clearly indicates support for the research hypotheses advanced in this study that posited the existence of a significant relationship between social provisions received from other people and relationships with other people, respectively, tended to manifest higher life satisfaction. This implies that the research participants with higher ratings of each of the Social Provisions received from other people and Relationship to Other people tend to maintain higher Life Satisfaction whereas Self-esteem has been found out to be of no significant relationship with Life Satisfaction. Abstrak Kepuasan Hidup di Antara Lansia Filipina yang Tinggal di Wilayah Pesisir. Kehidupan yang berkualitas merupakan dambaan semua orang. Namun, kesempatan tersebut tidak dapat dirasakan oleh semua orang karena pada hakikatnya, kehidupan yang berkualitas sangat bergantung pada pilihan hidup tiap individu. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengidentifikasi hubungan antara self-esteem pada lansia di Cabuljan, Tubigol, Bohol, Filipina, dukungan, dan hubungan sosial terhadap tingkat kepuasan hidup pada lansia. Penelitian ini juga berfokus menjawab beberapa pertanyaan penelitian sebagai berikut: apakah terdapat hubungan yang bermakna antara self-esteem, dukungan sosial, dan hubungan sosial serta tingkat kepuasan hidup pada lansia? Manakah di antara faktor-faktor, seperti self-esteem, dukungan, dan hubungan sosial yang sangat berpengaruh terhadap tingkat kepuasan hidup pada lansia? Sebanyak 50 responden dengan rentang umur 65 tahun ke atas bersedia untuk menjadi responden pada penelitian ini. Metode yang digunakan ialah penelitian eksplanatori dengan desain cross-sectional. Kemudian, instrumen statistika penelitian yang digunakan ialah seperti frekuensi, persentase, rata-rata tertimbang, dan Spearman’s rank correlation. Pada penelitian ini ditemukan bahwa hasil penelitian mendukung hipotesa penelitian yang menyebutkan bahwa terdapat hubungan yang bermakna pada dukungan dan hubungan sosial dengan kepuasan hidup yang tinggi. Hal ini mengindikasikan bahwa para responden dengan dukungan dan hubungan sosial yang tinggi memiliki kepuasan hidup yang tinggi juga, namun ditemukan juga bahwa self-esteem tidak memengaruhi tingkat kepuasan hidup pada lansia.Kata Kunci: dukungan sosial, hubungan sosial, kepuasan hidup, lansia, self-esteem 

scholarly journals Effect of social anxiety on self-esteem of special need university students in the war-affected region

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 12
Author(s):  
S. Mudasser Shah ◽  
Nadia Hameed ◽  
Fatima Afsar ◽  
Summiya Ahmad ◽  
Tauseef Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Social Anxiety ◽  
University Students ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Male Students ◽  
The Social ◽  
High Social Anxiety

This study aimed to investigate the correlation between social anxiety and self-esteem among the special need university students from Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The sample size was comprised of 100 disable university students aged 18-30 years, out of which 50 were male and 50 were female. A correlational study was designed. The social anxiety levels of the recruited subjects were determined through Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale. The level of self-esteem was determined through the standard self-report mechanism by applying the Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale. The data collected were tabulated, analyzed and interpreted through SPSS software, Version 23, for windows, by using means, percentages, Pearson’s product-moment correlation coefficient (r) and Independent sample t-test.  On average, the students with high social anxiety and low levels of self-esteem were found (r = -620), social anxiety of female students was high (M=78.14, SD=14.67) as compared to male students (M=59.34, SD=14.41). However, the self-esteem of female students (M=16.08, SD=1.77) was the same as compared with male students (M=16.38, SD= 1.86). There was a significant negative relationship found between social anxiety and self-esteem. The social anxiety of female disable university students was high, however, the male and female disable university students have the same self-esteem. Further studies are recommended on a large scale to explore certain other issues that are related to the given variables.

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