title: Subjective well-being in urban adolescents of color.
abstract: Relationships among predictors and criteria of subjective well-being were examined in a sample of 151 urban adolescents of color, ages 12-15. The relative strengths of family, peer, and school-related support and esteem in predicting three measures of subjective well-being (life satisfaction, positive affect, and negative affect) were explored. Results suggested that sense of worth in one's family explained a significant amount of variance in subjective well-being variables, above and beyond the contributions of individual, school, and peer-related variables. Implications for prevention and mental health promotion with urban adolescents of color are discussed based on these findings.
authors.affiliation: School of Education, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. evera@luc.edu
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vera
authors.forename: Charu
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Thakral
authors.forename: Rufus
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gonzales
authors.forename: Melissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morgan
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Conner
authors.forename: Erin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Caskey
authors.forename: Amber
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bauer
authors.forename: Laurie-Ann
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Mattera
authors.forename: Stacy
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: Kim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bena
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dick
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019303:Multilingualism; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*