The Role of Social Competence in the Psychological Well-being of Adolescents in Secondary Education |
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| Authors: | Leena Holopainen Kristiina Lappalainen Niina Junttila Hannu Savolainen |
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| Institution: | 1. University of Eastern Finland leena.holopainen@uef.fi;3. University of Eastern Finland;4. University of Turku , Finland |
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| Abstract: | This study examines the relationship between social competence and psychological well-being of adolescents. The role of academic learning disabilities with social competence and psychological well-being was also studied. The sample (n?=?412; 207 girls and 205 boys), one complete age group (mean age 15.5 years), was followed from last year of comprehensive school to their first, second and third year of secondary education in a Finnish city. Psychological well-being is related to increased cooperation skills and decreased levels of impulsivity and disruptiveness. Furthermore, cooperation skills predict the third year psychological well-being, when the strong influence of psychological well-being in the first year was controlled for. Academic learning disabilities (reading and mathematical difficulties) were related neither with psychological well-being nor social competence. |
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| Keywords: | adolescence depression learning disabilities psychological well-being self-esteem school burnout social competence |
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