Department of Personality, Assessment and Psychological Treatment, Faculty of Psychology, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain.
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, European University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 Nov 22;16(23):4650. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16234650.
Social and emotional factors such as emotional competence and self-esteem are protective factors that promote adolescent mental health and well-being. In this paper, we will examine the combined contribution of these socio-emotional factors in addition to personal factors, in the prediction of psychological adjustment and subjective well-being in adolescence. The study included 840 adolescents aged between 12 and 16 years old ( = 13.37, = 1.16, 51.4% girls). We measured personal variables (sex, age, number of siblings), socio-emotional variables (emotional competence and self-esteem), psychological adjustment (emotional and behavioural problems) and subjective well-being (life satisfaction and affect balance). Besides descriptive analysis and Pearson bivariate correlations, two different methodologies were performed, including hierarchical regression models and a fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA). The results show that emotional competence is a protective factor for optimal adjustment and well-being, and suggest that self-esteem reinforces this relation. Different patterns were observed for female and male adolescents of different ages and with different family backgrounds. The practical implications of our findings for intervention programs have been discussed.
社会情感因素，如情绪能力和自尊心，是促进青少年心理健康和幸福感的保护因素。在本文中，我们将除个人因素外，还将研究这些社会情感因素的综合贡献，以预测青少年的心理调整和主观幸福感。该研究包括 840 名 12 至 16 岁的青少年（ = 13.37， = 1.16，51.4%为女孩）。我们测量了个人变量（性别、年龄、兄弟姐妹数量）、社会情感变量（情绪能力和自尊心）、心理调整（情绪和行为问题）以及主观幸福感（生活满意度和情感平衡）。除了描述性分析和 Pearson 双变量相关性外，还进行了两种不同的方法，包括层次回归模型和模糊集定性比较分析（fsQCA）。结果表明，情绪能力是最佳调整和幸福感的保护因素，并且自尊心加强了这种关系。不同年龄和不同家庭背景的女性和男性青少年观察到不同的模式。我们已经讨论了这些发现对干预计划的实际意义。
