title: Subjective well being of adolescents in boarding schools under threat of war.
abstract: How is subjective well being (SWB) of adolescents in boarding schools affected by threatened war, and related to perceived social support, self-control skills, and self-efficacy beliefs? Five hundred sixty-seven adolescents in five Israeli boarding schools completed questionnaires before the 2003 Iraq war. As expected, participants' fear of war affected SWB, and adolescents with high social support and self-control reported better SWB than low-scoring counterparts. Unexpectedly, self-efficacy regarding effective coping with upcoming war was unrelated to SWB. However, self-efficacy moderated links between social support and two SWB components (positive affect, life satisfaction). High-efficacy participants showed positive support-SWB correlations, whereas low-efficacy participants showed none. Findings highlighted personal resources as maintaining adolescents' SWB in boarding schools even under extreme stress.
authors.affiliation: Bob Shapell School of Social Work, Tel-Aviv University, Israel. tamie@post.tau.ac.il
authors.forename: Tammie
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ronen
authors.forename: Anat
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Seeman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D012574:Schools; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014857:Warfare