Therefore, further research on their experiences of psychological need satisfaction within important
domains of adolescent life is warranted.
Not exact matches
Although evidence is building in some
domains of adolescent's
lives, greater understanding
of the transition to adulthood and how different underlying factors interact is needed in order to inform the basis for effective programming and policy.
Consistent with findings with
adolescents (Dew and Huebner, 1994), the Parent Relations
domain was the strongest predictor
of global
life satisfaction for these pre-
adolescents.
These findings add to previous research investigating the positive impact
of need satisfaction in other important
domains in the
lives of children and
adolescents.
The results
of the present study showed that psychological need satisfaction experienced in the leisure activity
domain is associated positively with
adolescents» increased
life satisfaction.
The significance
of need satisfaction for the well - being
of adolescents has been found for other important
domains in their
lives, such as the family, the school, and in peer relations (Milyavskaya et al. 2009; Sheldon et al. 2009; Veronneau et al. 2005).
When parenting challenges specific to parenting an early
adolescent (e.g., the need to cope with increased youth argumentativeness and moodiness) are added to the stress parents experience in other
domains of life (Silverberg 1996), learning new discipline practices may be insufficient to promote adaptive coping with the changing parent —
adolescent relationship.