Personality, school, and family: What is their role in adolescents' subjective well-being

This article presents a multidimensional approach to subjective well-being in adolescence. Multiple factors regarding personality, family, and school are examined in relation to Greek adolescents' subjective well-being. The participants of the study were 714 adolescents and their parents (302 boys and 412 girls) attending Junior High School (average age = 14.6, SD = .05) and High School (average age = 17.4, SD = .07). The results showed that specific personality, family, and school factors can be used as predictors of subjective well-being. This study is largely explorative in an effort to enrich a limited database regarding adolescents' subjective well-being and as an impetus to research in-depth the specific domain. The findings are significant since not only do they provide an insight into adolescents' subjective well-being but they also have potential implications for the better practice of school psychologists.