Barbara Stiglbauer, Timo Gnambs, Manuela Gamsjäger, Bernad Batinic,
"The upward spiral of adolescents' positive school experiences and happiness: Investigating reciprocal effects over time"
, in Journal of School Psychology, 2013, ISSN: 1873-3506
Original Titel:
The upward spiral of adolescents' positive school experiences and happiness: Investigating reciprocal effects over time
Sprache des Titels:
Englisch
Original Kurzfassung:
In line with self-determination theory and Fredrickson's (2001) broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions, this study adopts a positive perspective on students' school experiences and their general psychological functioning. The reciprocal effects of positive school experiences and happiness, a dimension of affective well-being, are examined over the course of an academic year. Data were collected from 215 secondary school students at 5 measurement occasions. The results of longitudinal cross-lagged structural equation modeling support the notion of an upward spiral of positive school experiences and happiness over time. Positive school experiences had a stable lagged effect on happiness, and, in turn, happiness had a lagged effect on future positive school experiences.
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