PMID- 37761421
OWN - NLM
STAT- Publisher
LR  - 20231003
IS  - 2227-9067 (Print)
IS  - 2227-9067 (Electronic)
IS  - 2227-9067 (Linking)
VI  - 10
IP  - 9
DP  - 2023 Aug 27
TI  - Perceived Quality of Life and Life Satisfaction: Does the Role of Gender, Age, 
      Skills, and Psychological Factors Remain Relevant after the COVID-19 Pandemic?
LID - 10.3390/children10091460 [doi]
LID - 1460
AB  - BACKGROUND: After two years of psychological, physical, social, economic, 
      environmental, and societal challenges, this paper examines the psychological 
      health and well-being of Portuguese students based on their socioemotional skills 
      (SSES), positive youth development (PYD), depression, anxiety, and stress (DASS), 
      as well as the relationship between these variables and their influence on 
      perceived quality of life and life satisfaction. METHODS: This study examined 
      3235 students from lower to upper secondary, half of whom were female (M = 14.46 
      +/- 1.883 years old). Using SPSS software, descriptive statistics were determined 
      for all variables; mean differences between age and gender were found using ANOVA 
      and the post hoc Scheffe test. Linear regressions with the Enter method were used 
      to study how to predict perceived quality of life and satisfaction with life. 
      RESULTS: Males had scores indicating more SSES|optimism, emotional control, 
      resilience, confidence, sociability, creativity, energy, a sense of belonging to 
      school, and PYD. Girls had better skills for cooperating and relating to teachers 
      but more test anxiety and DASS. Younger adolescents had better psychological 
      health, greater skills, and a better perception of quality of life and life 
      satisfaction when compared to older adolescents. Age, gender, SSES, PYD, and the 
      DASS variables can explain 69% of the variance in life satisfaction, while these 
      variables can explain 60.5% of the variance in perceived quality of life. 
      CONCLUSIONS: These results point to the relevance of SSES for psychological 
      health and well-being, suggesting that interventions should focus on promoting 
      these variables, paying special attention to female gender and age-related 
      challenges.
FAU - Branquinho, Catia
AU  - Branquinho C
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2877-4505
AD  - Aventura Social Project, 1400-415 Lisbon, Portugal.
AD  - Institute of Environmental Health, Medicine Faculty, University of Lisbon, 
      1649-026 Lisbon, Portugal.
AD  - Dream Teens/Aventura Social Project, 1400-415 Lisbon, Portugal.
FAU - Moraes, Barbara
AU  - Moraes B
AD  - Aventura Social Project, 1400-415 Lisbon, Portugal.
AD  - Institute of Environmental Health, Medicine Faculty, University of Lisbon, 
      1649-026 Lisbon, Portugal.
AD  - Dream Teens/Aventura Social Project, 1400-415 Lisbon, Portugal.
FAU - Noronha, Catarina
AU  - Noronha C
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4310-2122
AD  - Aventura Social Project, 1400-415 Lisbon, Portugal.
AD  - Institute of Environmental Health, Medicine Faculty, University of Lisbon, 
      1649-026 Lisbon, Portugal.
AD  - Dream Teens/Aventura Social Project, 1400-415 Lisbon, Portugal.
FAU - Ferreira, Tomas
AU  - Ferreira T
AD  - Dream Teens/Aventura Social Project, 1400-415 Lisbon, Portugal.
FAU - Neto Rodrigues, Nuno
AU  - Neto Rodrigues N
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5497-9870
AD  - Directorate-General for Education and Science Statistics, 1399-054 Lisbon, 
      Portugal.
FAU - Gaspar de Matos, Margarida
AU  - Gaspar de Matos M
AD  - Aventura Social Project, 1400-415 Lisbon, Portugal.
AD  - Institute of Environmental Health, Medicine Faculty, University of Lisbon, 
      1649-026 Lisbon, Portugal.
AD  - Dream Teens/Aventura Social Project, 1400-415 Lisbon, Portugal.
AD  - Faculty of Human Sciences, Portuguese Catholic University, 4169-005 Porto, 
      Portugal.
AD  - Applied Psychology Research Center Capabilities & Inclusion, ISPA-University 
      Institute, 1149-041 Lisbon, Portugal.
LA  - eng
GR  - NA/Direcao-Geral de Estatisticas da Educacao e Ciencia/
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20230827
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Children (Basel)
JT  - Children (Basel, Switzerland)
JID - 101648936
PMC - PMC10528662
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - adolescents
OT  - gender
OT  - perceived quality of life and life satisfaction
OT  - psychological health and well-being
OT  - skills
COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2023/09/28 06:42
MHDA- 2023/09/28 06:42
PMCR- 2023/08/27
CRDT- 2023/09/28 01:12
PHST- 2023/07/18 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2023/08/21 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2023/08/24 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2023/09/28 06:42 [medline]
PHST- 2023/09/28 06:42 [pubmed]
PHST- 2023/09/28 01:12 [entrez]
PHST- 2023/08/27 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - children10091460 [pii]
AID - children-10-01460 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/children10091460 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Children (Basel). 2023 Aug 27;10(9):1460. doi: 10.3390/children10091460.