NDLI: Building Life Satisfaction Through Well-Being Dimensions: A Longitudinal Study in Children with a Life-Threatening Illness

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Author	Chaves, Covadonga Hervas, Gonzalo García, Felipe E. Vazquez, Carmelo
Copyright Year	2015
Abstract	Recent literature suggests that people increase their life satisfaction over time as a result of developing positive psychological resources (e.g. benefit finding). However, this hypothesis has not yet tested in children. Since suffering from illness is usually associated with challenge and growth, we hypothesized that changes in life satisfaction in a sample of ill children would depend on to what extent they developed resources. Children with a life threatening illness (N = 67 at T1 and N = 49 at T2, ages 7–18 years) completed the Student Life Satisfaction Scale, a measure of health-related functioning problems, a measure of positive emotions (PE), the Benefit Finding Scale for Children, and a measure of strengths from the Values in Action Inventory of Character Strengths for Youth. The same measures were assessed 6 months after the first assessment. Using structural equation modeling techniques, results revealed that health-related functioning problems were associated with negative changes in life satisfaction over time. Moreover, increases in benefit finding and character strengths (i.e., love and gratitude) predicted positive changes in LS over time. Finally, PE predicted changes in benefit finding over time through several personal strengths (i.e., vitality and gratitude). The development of positive psychological resources in children experiencing high levels of stress may promote desirable psychological outcomes. Therefore, in order to help clinicians prevent negative outcomes, future research should strive to better understand life satisfaction and its underlying predictors in children experiencing difficult life circumstances.
Starting Page	1051
Ending Page	1067
Page Count	17
File Format	PDF
ISSN	13894978
Journal	Journal of Happiness Studies
Volume Number	17
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	15737780
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2015-04-08
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Childhood cancer Positive affect Satisfaction with life Quality of life Benefit finding Personal strengths Quality of Life Research Personality and Social Psychology Economics Philosophy Positive Psychology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Social Sciences

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