Conceptualizing Adolescent Life Satisfaction Life satisfaction, in the context of adolescence, is fundamentally defined as a global, cognitive appraisal of one’s life as a whole, based on personally selected criteria. It represents a judgment regarding the congruence between the adolescent’s current life circumstances and their internal standards or expectations for an ideal life. Unlike transient […]
Conceptualizing Adolescent Satisfaction Adolescent satisfaction, a critical component of subjective well-being (SWB), refers to the individual’s global cognitive appraisal of their own life quality. Unlike transient happiness or affective states, satisfaction represents a thoughtful, metacognitive judgment about how well one’s life circumstances meet their personal standards, expectations, and goals. During the developmental stage of adolescence, […]