The Determinants of Life Satisfaction Among Adolescents: The Role of Metacognitive Awareness and Self-Efficacy

This study investigated the associations among the life satisfaction, metacognitive awareness and perceived self-efficacy. It also investigated whether life satisfaction, metacognitive awareness and perceived self-efficacy vary according to gender. The study was performed with 492 students attending...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Social indicators research 2016-02, Vol.125 (3), p.977-990
Hauptverfasser:	Cikrikci, Özkan, Odaci, Hatice
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescents Behavior Cognition Cognition & reasoning Cognitive ability Consciousness Correlation coefficient Data collection Educational Research Empowerment Happiness Human Geography Knowledge Life satisfaction Metacognition Microeconomics Multiple Regression Analysis Perceptions Predictions Public Health Quality of Life Research Satisfaction Schools Science education Secondary school students Secondary schools Self-efficacy Sexes Social research Social Sciences Sociology Students Studies Success Teenagers Thinking Skills
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Zusammenfassung:	This study investigated the associations among the life satisfaction, metacognitive awareness and perceived self-efficacy. It also investigated whether life satisfaction, metacognitive awareness and perceived self-efficacy vary according to gender. The study was performed with 492 students attending high schools. The Life Satisfaction Scale, Cognitive Awareness Scale, Self-Efficacy Scale and an Individual Data Form were used for data collection. Pearson correlation coefficient results revealed that life satisfaction was significantly positively correlated with metacognitive awareness (r = .36, p
ISSN:	0303-8300 1573-0921
DOI:	10.1007/s11205-015-0861-5