Life satisfaction and positive youth development in Serbia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20318337 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marina Kovačević (0000-0002-4780-1716, Educational Research Institute), Nikoleta Gutvajn (0000-0002-5628-3455, Educational Research Institute), Violeta Tadic (0009-0000-6060-8243, Educational Research Institute) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 65 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 217-232 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociologija (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0318 • E-ISSN: 2406-0712 |
| Publisher | National Library of Serbia (PUBLISHER • RS) |
| DOI | 10.2298/soc220802008k |
| OpenAlex | W4328024370 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 47 |
Life satisfaction is closely related to emotional, behavioural, social, and environmental youth functioning. Starting from the hypothesis that positive youth development (PYD) qualities such as aspects of eudaimonic well-being lead to higher youth life satisfaction (the hedonic aspect of well-being), we explored predictions of Serbian youth life satisfaction based on the Five Cs on a sample of 215 Belgrade secondary school students (34.9% male students). The research results show that: the youth were mostly satisfied with their friends, their living environment, themselves, and their families, and least satisfied with their school; the Five Cs variables explain the highest percentage of variance in youth satisfaction with the family, and the lowest for satisfaction with the living environment; higher impacts on domain-specific life satisfaction were observed for connection (self-satisfaction, satisfaction with the family and school), confidence (satisfaction with the family and school), and caring (satisfaction with the living environment, school and friends), while competence only predicted self-safisfaction. Providing support for PYD promotion leads to greater satisfaction with different aspects of youth development ecology
Competence (human resources) · Developmental psychology · Life satisfaction · Political science · Positive Youth Development · Promotion (chess) · Serbian · Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Social Psychology · Youth Development and Social Support
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| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |