Abstract

SCHUTZ, Fabiane Friedrich; BORTOLINI, Marcela  and  SARRIERA, Jorge Castellá. Children's Life Satisfaction: family's and school's contribution. Estud. pesqui. psicol. [online]. 2016, vol.16, n.2, pp.549-567. ISSN 1808-4281.

This study aimed to investigate the contribution of satisfaction with family and school to predict life satisfaction. Participated 2105 children from 10 to 12 years old, students of public and private schools located in a state at the south of Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul. The instruments were the satisfaction with school domain from the General Domain Satisfaction Index,five items regarding family satisfaction aspects and the single item Overal Life Satisfaction. Analyses of Variance by sex and age as well as Multiple Regression Analyses were performed. Results indicated significant differences by age and sex. Multiple Analyses Regression indicated that the items that most predicted life satisfaction were the items regarding to be listened by parents (β=0,158; p<0,01), to be satisfied with school experience (β=0,156; p<0,01) and classmates (β=0,124; p<0,01). It is noteworthy that satisfaction with family and school predicted 21,8% of variance of life satisfaction. It is important to point out that the dialogue between school and family should be continuous in order to promote children's well-being.

Keywords : life satisfaction; school; family; children.

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