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Life satisfaction
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Life satisfaction examines the broader context of an adolescent’s mental wellness by exploring their overall contentment with life. This measure transcends current emotions, offering a reliable metric of how young people perceive and evaluate their lives amidst the fluctuating experiences of adolescence.
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Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study (2023), Data browser (findings from the 2021/22 international HBSC survey): https://data-browser.hbsc.org.
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A focus on adolescent mental health and wellbeing in Europe, central Asia and Canada
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Cosma A, Abdrakhmanova S, Taut D, Schrijvers K, Catunda C, Schnohr C. A focus on adolescent mental health and wellbeing in Europe, central Asia and Canada. Health Behaviour in School-aged Children international report from the 2021/2022 survey. Volume 1. Copenhagen: WHO Regional Office for Europe; 2023. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.
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