Trends in high life satisfaction among adolescents in five Nordic countries 2002–2014
Life satisfaction is an important indicator when assessing positive mental health aspects in populations, including among adolescents. The aim of this study was to investigate trends over time in prevalence of high life satisfaction among adolescents from five Nordic countries: Denmark, Iceland, Fin...
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ftglasgowcucris:oai:researchonline.gcu.ac.uk:publications/ff0c1615-b07e-40b1-9c9e-36ce02c349aa 2023-05-15T16:48:47+02:00 Trends in high life satisfaction among adolescents in five Nordic countries 2002–2014 Due, Pernille Eriksson, Charli Torsheim, Torbjørn Potrebny, Thomas Valimaa, Raili Suominen, Sakari Rasmussen, Mette Currie, Candace Damgaard, Mogens Trab 2019-11-11 application/pdf https://researchonline.gcu.ac.uk/en/publications/ff0c1615-b07e-40b1-9c9e-36ce02c349aa https://doi.org/10.18261/issn.2464-4161-2019-02-03 https://researchonline.gcu.ac.uk/ws/files/32926869/trends_in_high_life_satisfaction_among_adolescents_in_five_.pdf eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Due , P , Eriksson , C , Torsheim , T , Potrebny , T , Valimaa , R , Suominen , S , Rasmussen , M , Currie , C & Damgaard , M T 2019 , ' Trends in high life satisfaction among adolescents in five Nordic countries 2002–2014 ' , Nordisk välfärdsforskning , vol. 4 , pp. 54-66 . https://doi.org/10.18261/issn.2464-4161-2019-02-03 life satisfaction adolescents country comparisons Nordic countries /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/good_health_and_well_being SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being article 2019 ftglasgowcucris https://doi.org/10.18261/issn.2464-4161-2019-02-03 2021-12-26T12:07:51Z Life satisfaction is an important indicator when assessing positive mental health aspects in populations, including among adolescents. The aim of this study was to investigate trends over time in prevalence of high life satisfaction among adolescents from five Nordic countries: Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Norway and Sweden. We used data from four waves of the Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children study from 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014 (n=109,847). HBSC is a school-based study examining social circumstances, health and health behaviour among 11-, 13- and 15-years olds every four years in many European and North American countries. The Cantril Ladder, an 11-step visual analogue scale, was used as the measure of life satisfaction, and was dichotomised into two groups: high life satisfaction (scoring 9 or 10 on the scale) and medium/low life satisfaction (scoring <9). Over the 12-year period studied, between 28.6 and 44.8% of adolescents in the five countries rated their life satisfaction as high. Relatively large changes in prevalence levels occurred at the country level over the period. Denmark and Finland showed a steady, significant decline in the prevalence of high life satisfaction over the years. Iceland showed the highest prevalence in 2010. Norway and Sweden showed similar development until 2010, followed by a clear increase for Norway and a sharp decline in adolescent high life satisfaction for Sweden up until 2014. In all countries, high life satisfaction was most prevalent in 11-year- olds and least prevalent in almost all surveys among 15-year-old girls. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU): ResearchOnline Norway Nordisk välfärdsforskning | Nordic Welfare Research 4 2 54 66 |
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Life satisfaction is an important indicator when assessing positive mental health aspects in populations, including among adolescents. The aim of this study was to investigate trends over time in prevalence of high life satisfaction among adolescents from five Nordic countries: Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Norway and Sweden. We used data from four waves of the Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children study from 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014 (n=109,847). HBSC is a school-based study examining social circumstances, health and health behaviour among 11-, 13- and 15-years olds every four years in many European and North American countries. The Cantril Ladder, an 11-step visual analogue scale, was used as the measure of life satisfaction, and was dichotomised into two groups: high life satisfaction (scoring 9 or 10 on the scale) and medium/low life satisfaction (scoring <9). Over the 12-year period studied, between 28.6 and 44.8% of adolescents in the five countries rated their life satisfaction as high. Relatively large changes in prevalence levels occurred at the country level over the period. Denmark and Finland showed a steady, significant decline in the prevalence of high life satisfaction over the years. Iceland showed the highest prevalence in 2010. Norway and Sweden showed similar development until 2010, followed by a clear increase for Norway and a sharp decline in adolescent high life satisfaction for Sweden up until 2014. In all countries, high life satisfaction was most prevalent in 11-year- olds and least prevalent in almost all surveys among 15-year-old girls. |
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Trends in high life satisfaction among adolescents in five Nordic countries 2002–2014 |
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Due , P , Eriksson , C , Torsheim , T , Potrebny , T , Valimaa , R , Suominen , S , Rasmussen , M , Currie , C & Damgaard , M T 2019 , ' Trends in high life satisfaction among adolescents in five Nordic countries 2002–2014 ' , Nordisk välfärdsforskning , vol. 4 , pp. 54-66 . https://doi.org/10.18261/issn.2464-4161-2019-02-03 |
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