OPTIMISM AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN ADOLESCENTS - BRATISLAVA SECONDARY SCHOOLS STUDENTS

• Authors: Jombikova E. , Kovac D.
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Key words are also characterized from the standpoint of the Slovak researchers; optimism from the research data of I. Sarmany Schuller and quality of life in the concept of one of the authors (D.K.). The presumed positive relation of optimism and quality of life was differentiated in the sample of adolescents of both sexes between 15-20 years (N = 321). Four methods were used: scales of life satisfaction (Diener et al.) and optimism-pessimism (Levy), a transformed Bern questionnaire of well-being (Grob et al.) and a short 'flow' scale (Rheinberg - Vollmayer). Older adolescents showed a lesser satisfaction with life; girls worry more about the health problems and relations with parents, teachers and friends than boys. Flow was continuously experienced only by 25%, frequently experienced by 14%. Several correlation analyses are made accessible.

Keywords

EN

ADOLESCENTS; FLOW; OPTIMISM; QUALITY OF LIFE; WELL-BEING

Discipline

• PSYCHOLOGY: PSYCHOLOGY

• Publisher: Institute of Experimental Psychology, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Studia Psychologica
• Year: 2007
• Volume: 49
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 347-356
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Jombikova E.

author

Kovac D.

• E. Jombikova, Katedra psychologie a patopsychologie, Pedagogicka fakulta Univferzity Komenskeho, Racianska 59, 813 34 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

07SKAAAA03356901