HEALTHY, HAPPY TEENAGERS: DIFFERENCES IN HEALTH AND LIFE SATISFACTION AMONG SLOVENIAN, CZECH AND ITALIAN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Cover Image

HEALTHY, HAPPY TEENAGERS: DIFFERENCES IN HEALTH AND LIFE SATISFACTION AMONG SLOVENIAN, CZECH AND ITALIAN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
HEALTHY, HAPPY TEENAGERS: DIFFERENCES IN HEALTH AND LIFE SATISFACTION AMONG SLOVENIAN, CZECH AND ITALIAN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Author(s): Julius Janáček, Daniel Štásny, Michaela Ulrichová
Subject(s): Psychology, Sociology, Higher Education , Sociology of Education
Published by: Slovensko sociološko društvo (in FDV)
Keywords: life satisfaction; health; happiness; students; quality of life;

Summary/Abstract: This article investigates the relationships among physical health, mental health, life satisfaction and other life aspects of high school students from the Czech Republic, Italy and Slovenia (n = 3,814). The research is based on a questionnaire-based survey. Subsequent analysis is performed using regression models.There is a positive relationship between physical health, mental health and life satisfaction. The mental health–life satisfaction relationship is stronger than that between physical health and life satisfaction. Our analysis elicits a number of factors connected with students’ well-being: doing sports, use of addictive substances, contact with nature, personal relationships etc. While the factors of well-being in the Czech Republic and Slovenia are similar, the Italians are different. Student factors of well-being vary across the countries to a considerable extent.

  • Issue Year: 36/2020
  • Issue No: 94-95
  • Page Range: 261-286
  • Page Count: 26
  • Language: English
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