Gempp René, González-Carrasco Mònica
Facultad de Economía y Empresa, Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago, Chile.
Research Institute on Quality of Life (IRQV), Universitat de Girona, Girona, Spain.
Front Psychol. 2021 Mar 9;12:641714. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.641714. eCollection 2021.
Cumulative evidence suggests that, for children and adolescents, peer relatedness is an essential component of their overall sense of belonging, and correlates with subjective well-being and school-based well-being. However, it remains unclear what the underlying mechanism explaining these relationships is. Therefore, this study examines whether there is a reciprocal effect between school satisfaction and overall life satisfaction (Hypothesis 1), and whether the effect of peer relatedness on life satisfaction is mediated by school satisfaction (Hypothesis 2). A non-recursive model with instrumental variables was tested with econometric and structural equation modeling methodologies, using a cross-sectional sample of = 5,619 Chilean early adolescents (49.2% girls), aged 10, 11, and 12 (46.13, 44.99, and 8.88% respectively). Results were highly consistent across methods and supported the hypotheses. First, the findings confirmed a significant reciprocal influence between school satisfaction and overall life satisfaction, with a greater impact from school to life satisfaction. Second, the effect of peer relatedness on overall life satisfaction was fully mediated by school satisfaction. The study further suggests the importance of considering reciprocal effects among domain-specific satisfaction and overall life satisfaction and illustrates the application of non-recursive models for this purpose.
越来越多的证据表明，对于儿童和青少年而言，同伴关系是他们整体归属感的重要组成部分，并且与主观幸福感和学校幸福感相关。然而，尚不清楚解释这些关系的潜在机制是什么。因此，本研究考察学校满意度与总体生活满意度之间是否存在相互影响（假设1），以及同伴关系对生活满意度的影响是否通过学校满意度来介导（假设2）。使用计量经济学和结构方程建模方法，对一个具有工具变量的非递归模型进行了检验，该模型采用了来自5619名智利青少年（49.2%为女孩）的横断面样本，年龄分别为10岁、11岁和12岁（分别占46.13%、44.99%和8.88%）。不同方法的结果高度一致，并支持了这些假设。首先，研究结果证实了学校满意度与总体生活满意度之间存在显著的相互影响，且学校对生活满意度的影响更大。其次，同伴关系对总体生活满意度的影响完全通过学校满意度来介导。该研究进一步表明了考虑特定领域满意度与总体生活满意度之间相互影响的重要性，并说明了为此目的应用非递归模型的情况。
