Psychological Development and Education ›› 2012, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (1): 91-98.

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The Change of junior middle school students’ Life Satisfaction and the Prospective Effect of Resilience: A two year Longitudinal Study

WANG Xin-qiang, ZHANG Da-jun   

  1. Research Center of Mental Health Education, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
  • Online:2012-01-15 Published:2012-01-15

Abstract: Longitudinal data(N=249)on grade one junior middle school students'life satisfaction and resilience were collected at 4 time points in two years by using the Students'Life Satisfaction Scale(SLSS)and the Resilience Scale for Chinese Adolescents.The present study employed Hierarchical Linear Model to analyze the changing trends of junior middle school students'life satisfaction and explore the longitudinal effects of gender,school regional difference and resilience on life satisfaction.Results show that 1)Junior middle school students'life satisfaction had dropped significantly from the Second Semester of grade 1 to the Second Semester of grade 3;2) The influences of gender,school regional difference on junior middle school students'life satisfaction change were not significant;3)The affect control and family support of resilience had a significantly positive effect on junior middle school students'life satisfaction change,but goal planning,positive thinking and help-seeking of resilience had no significant effect.4)The individual power of resilience showed a larger direct effect and little moderating effect on junior middle school students'life satisfaction change,and the supportive power of resilience showed a larger moderating effect.

Key words: Junior middle school students, life satisfaction, resilience, subjective well-being, positive mental health

CLC Number: 

  • B844.2
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