Patterns of students’ well-being in early adolescence: A latent class and two-wave latent transition analysis

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PLOS ONE
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17
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12
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Public Library of Science
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Adolescence is a developmental stage with high risks in terms of psychological challenges and adjustments related to subjective well-being. Thus far, the findings reported a general decrease in school-related well-being over time. We considered well-being a multidimensional and latent construct that included both feeling good and functioning well at the individual level, and focused on the interplay between hedonic and eudemonic factors. Data of = 377 high school students in Switzerland were used by conducting an online longitudinal study with two waves. Baseline data was gathered in autumn 2019 and the subsequent time point occurred 1 year later (2020; grades seven and eight). By applying a person-oriented analytical approach via latent class and latent transition analyses, we were able to identify and compare longitudinally three distinct well-being patterns and the respective trajectories. Regarding the distribution of the well-being patterns for both waves, significant changes over time were identified: particularly from wave 1 to wave 2, where there was an increase for the low and high well-being patterns, yet a decrease for the middle pattern. Comparing the stability of the respective patterns over time, the high well-being level showed the highest stability of all identified patterns. Multinomial logistic regression of covariates to the identified latent status membership established for both waves showed low but significant effects of socio-demographic variables. At wave 1, having a migration background was associated with a significant increase of being in a low versus high well-being level pattern. At wave 2, being female was associated with a significant increase of being in a low versus high and in a middle versus high well-being pattern.
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Resilience, Well-being, School, Adolescence
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370 - Erziehung, Schul- und Bildungswesen
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1932-6203
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English
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KASSIS, Wassilis, Clarissa JANOUSCH, Petra SIDLER, Dilan AKSOY, Céline Anne FAVRE, Beyhan ERTANIR und Nabi NAZARI, 2022. Patterns of students’ well-being in early adolescence: A latent class and two-wave latent transition analysis. PLOS ONE. 1 Dezember 2022. Bd. 17, Nr. 12. DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0276794. Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.26041/fhnw-4479

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