The Developmental Trajectory of Subjective Well-Being in Chinese Early Adolescents: The Role of Gender and Parental Involvement

IF 2 3区社会学 Q1 SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY

Child Indicators Research Pub Date : 2024-02-19 DOI:10.1007/s12187-023-10099-x

Simeng Li, Xiaozhe Meng, Yuke Xiong, Ruiping Zhang, Ping Ren

{"title":"The Developmental Trajectory of Subjective Well-Being in Chinese Early Adolescents: The Role of Gender and Parental Involvement","authors":"Simeng Li, Xiaozhe Meng, Yuke Xiong, Ruiping Zhang, Ping Ren","doi":"10.1007/s12187-023-10099-x","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>Subjective well-being is an important indicator of adolescents’ positive development. Although the general developmental trends of subjective well-being in adolescents have been investigated, the longitudinal differences in the developmental trajectory of subjective well-being in early adolescents remain unclear. This study aimed to explore the developmental trajectory of subjective well-being and examine the predictive roles of gender and parental involvement in this developmental trajectory among Chinese early adolescents. A longitudinal design was used with 2,483 middle students who were followed up across three time points (T1, T2 and T3). The growth mixture model (GMM) analysis showed three subgroups within the developmental trajectory of the subjective well-being of Chinese early adolescents: high-rising (53.3%), moderate-decline (39.7%) and low-decline (7.0%). Furthermore, group membership was predicted by gender, parental academic involvement and parental academic pressure. These findings suggest that it is necessary to implement normative and effective interventions for the different development trajectories of the subjective well-being of early adolescents.</p>","PeriodicalId":47682,"journal":{"name":"Child Indicators Research","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-02-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Child Indicators Research","FirstCategoryId":"90","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12187-023-10099-x","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Abstract

Subjective well-being is an important indicator of adolescents’ positive development. Although the general developmental trends of subjective well-being in adolescents have been investigated, the longitudinal differences in the developmental trajectory of subjective well-being in early adolescents remain unclear. This study aimed to explore the developmental trajectory of subjective well-being and examine the predictive roles of gender and parental involvement in this developmental trajectory among Chinese early adolescents. A longitudinal design was used with 2,483 middle students who were followed up across three time points (T1, T2 and T3). The growth mixture model (GMM) analysis showed three subgroups within the developmental trajectory of the subjective well-being of Chinese early adolescents: high-rising (53.3%), moderate-decline (39.7%) and low-decline (7.0%). Furthermore, group membership was predicted by gender, parental academic involvement and parental academic pressure. These findings suggest that it is necessary to implement normative and effective interventions for the different development trajectories of the subjective well-being of early adolescents.

Abstract Image

查看原文本刊更多论文

中国青少年主观幸福感的发展轨迹：性别和父母参与的作用

主观幸福感是青少年积极发展的一个重要指标。虽然青少年主观幸福感的一般发展趋向已被研究，但早期青少年主观幸福感发展轨迹的纵向差异仍不清楚。本研究旨在探索中国早期青少年主观幸福感的发展轨迹，并研究性别和父母参与在这一发展轨迹中的预测作用。研究采用纵向设计，对 2483 名中学生进行了三个时间点（T1、T2 和 T3）的随访。增长混合模型（GMM）分析显示，中国低龄青少年主观幸福感的发展轨迹中存在三个亚组：高上升（53.3%）、中下降（39.7%）和低下降（7.0%）。此外，性别、父母的学业参与度和父母的学业压力也会影响青少年的群体成员身份。这些研究结果表明，有必要针对青少年主观幸福感的不同发展轨迹实施规范有效的干预措施。

本文章由计算机程序翻译，如有差异，请以英文原文为准。

求助全文

约1分钟内获得全文求助全文

来源期刊

Child Indicators Research SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY-

CiteScore

4.90

自引率

14.30%

发文量

103

期刊介绍： Child Indicators Research is an international, peer-reviewed quarterly that focuses on measurements and indicators of children''s well-being, and their usage within multiple domains and in diverse cultures. The Journal will present measures and data resources, analysis of the data, exploration of theoretical issues, and information about the status of children, as well as the implementation of this information in policy and practice. It explores how child indicators can be used to improve the development and well-being of children. Child Indicators Research will provide a unique, applied perspective, by presenting a variety of analytical models, different perspectives, and a range of social policy regimes. The Journal will break through the current ‘isolation’ of academicians, researchers and practitioners and serve as a ‘natural habitat’ for anyone interested in child indicators. Unique and exclusive, the Journal will be a source of high quality, policy impact and rigorous scientific papers. Readership: academicians, researchers, government officials, data collectors, providers of funding, practitioners, and journalists who have an interest in children’s well-being issues.