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ERIC Number: EJ655221
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0033-3085
Relationships among Stressful Life Events, Temperament, Problem Behavior, and Global Life Satisfaction in Adolescents.
McKnight, Caroline G.; Huebner, E. Scott; Suldo, Shannon
Psychology in the Schools, v39 n6 p677-87 Nov 2002
Investigates the relationships among adolescents' stressful life events (SLEs), temperament, externalizing and internalizing behaviors, and global life satisfaction. A modest correlation was found between life satisfaction and Extraversion, whereas moderate correlations were found between life satisfaction and Neuroticism and life satisfaction and SLEs. Temperament variables accounted for approximately 16% of the variance in predictions of life satisfaction ratings. (Contains 34 references and 2 tables.) (GCP)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Life Satisfaction, Personality Assessment, School Psychology, Stress Variables
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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