Lucky to Be Happy: A Study of Happiness in Australian Primary Students

Autor/inn/en	O'Rourke, John; Cooper, Martin
Titel	Lucky to Be Happy: A Study of Happiness in Australian Primary Students
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Educational & Developmental Psychology, 10 (2010), S.94-107 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1446-5442
Schlagwörter	Well Being; Psychological Patterns; Foreign Countries; Psychological Evaluation; Psychological Characteristics; Social Indicators; Child Development; Questionnaires; Self Concept Measures; Personality Measures; Elementary School Students; Developmental Psychology; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Ausland; Psychosoziale Beurteilung; Social indicator; Sozialer Indikator; Kindesentwicklung; Fragebogen; Entwicklungspsychologie; Australien
Abstract	Providing a curriculum that promotes personal growth and wellbeing is an overarching learning outcome of the Western Australian Curriculum Framework (Curriculum Framework, 1998). However, little is known about what constitutes and causes wellbeing of students in our primary schools. In the study reported in this paper the happiness of 312 primary-aged students was measured using various instruments and viewpoints, along with demographic information provided by their parents. The findings, which were compared with Holder and Coleman (2008) and research into adult happiness, indicate that a sense of friendship, belonging and optimism are strong indicators of children's happiness. (Contains 6 tables.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	University of Newcastle. School of Education, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia. e-mail: ajedp@newcastle.edu.au; Web site: http://www.newcastle.edu.au/group/ajedp
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10