title: Quality of life of Portuguese and Spanish adolescents. A comparative study between natives and immigrants.
abstract: The aim of this study was to analyse differences in quality of life (QOL) between Spanish and Portuguese immigrant and native adolescents. In total, 475 native and immigrant adolescents (52% boys) from Algarve (Portugal) and Huelva (Spain), aged between 12 and 17 years old, were assessed with the KIDSCREEN-52. QOL dimensions were not related to most academic variables, with the exception of number of school failures, Financial Resources and Social Support from Peers. Multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) was used to examine statistical differences in adolescents QOL. Age differences in QOL levels were not found. Girls reported worse QOL levels on Physical Wellbeing than boys (F = 10.32, p = .001, η2 =.02). Immigrant Portuguese adolescents scored higher on Mood (F = 17.57, p = .000, η2 =.11), and native Portuguese adolescents scored higher on Social Acceptance (F = 4.87, p = .002, η2=.033). Immigrant and native adolescents had similar levels of perceived QOL. Overall, it seems that in both countries, the living contexts for immigrant and native adolescents are fairly homogeneous.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigação sobre Espaço e Organizações, Universidade do Algarve, Faro Algarve, Portugal, csnunes@ualg.pt.
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nunes
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psicología y Educación, Universidad de Huelva, Huelva Andaluzia, Espanha.
authors.forename: Ángel
authors.initials: Á
authors.lastname: Hernando
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigação sobre Espaço e Organizações, Universidade do Algarve, Faro Algarve, Portugal, csnunes@ualg.pt.
authors.forename: Ida
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lemos
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psicología y Educación, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla Andaluzia, Espanha.
authors.forename: Lara
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ayala-Nunes
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psicología y Educación, Universidad de Huelva, Huelva Andaluzia, Espanha.
authors.forename: Cristina Romero
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Oliva
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psicología y Educación, Universidad de Huelva, Huelva Andaluzia, Espanha.
authors.forename: Cecilia Montilla
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Coronado
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D044382:Population Groups; D011174:Portugal; D011788:Quality of Life; D013030:Spain