"Besides that I'm Ok": Well-Being in Caribbean and American Adolescents and Youth

Autor/inn/en	Morris, Ruth Williams; Martin, Bess; Hopson, Jamal; Welch-Murphy, Kristin
Titel	"Besides that I'm Ok": Well-Being in Caribbean and American Adolescents and Youth
Quelle	In: Journal of Research on Christian Education, 19 (2010) 1, S.56-78 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1065-6219
Schlagwörter	College Students; Role Models; Adolescents; Depression (Psychology); Cross Cultural Studies; Well Being; Questionnaires; Physical Health; Mental Health; Intelligence; Stress Variables; Stress Management; Psychological Patterns; Values; Age Differences; Cultural Differences; Religious Factors; High School Students; Alabama; Aruba; Tennessee + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Collegestudent; Identifikationsfigur; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Fragebogen; Gesundheitszustand; Psychohygiene; Intelligenz; Klugheit; Stressmanagement; Stressbewältigung; Wertbegriff; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Kultureller Unterschied; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin
Abstract	A total of 235 adolescents and college students from Aruba, St. Lucia, Tennessee, and Alabama participated in this study that measured various aspects of well-being. The Life Factors Questionnaire measured participants' responses on such self-reported measures as health, intelligence, subjective well-being, responses to stress, optimism, depressive symptoms, and on several open-ended queries of participants' perceptions on life goals, role models, and important values. Results show that overall groups were quite similar on most of the well-being variables measured. Older participants tended to report more depressive symptoms than their younger counterparts. American adolescents and college students had more depressive symptoms than their Caribbean counterparts. Seventh-Day Adventist adolescents reported twice as many depressive symptoms than students from different religious affiliations (Roman Catholic and other religions). (Contains 7 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10