Background: Adolescent subjective well-being is a topic that has gained significant focus over recent years. This focus is reflected in the formation of measurement tools and interventions used to better understand and improve adolescent mental health. While these are important steps, there still exist problems related to adolescent subjective well-being measurement. Notably, current measurement tools are limited in their content, applicability to various populations, and in their accessibility. Aims: The purpose of this paper is to examine the psychometric properties of the Survey on Flourishing (SURF) when used with a nationally representative adolescent sample. The SURF aims to address some of the issues with current adolescent subjective well-being measurement tools. Method: A nationally representative sample of 334 participants participated in the present study. We examined the reliability and validity of the SURF by examining its internal consistency, convergent validity, and discriminant validity. We also examined the factor structure of the SURF using a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Results: The SURF demonstrated high internal consistency (α = .92), strong positive correlation with convergent measures, and a weak negative correlation with a discriminant measure. A one-factor model best fits the observed data. Conclusion: The SURF demonstrated good psychometric properties and addresses several of the problems that exist in current measures. The SURF is a useful and effective measure of adolescent subjective well-being.

Transition out of high school for young adults with intellectual disabilities (IDs) has been described as a stressful time for individuals and their families, with increased demands for caregiving and parental support. A lack of research is associated specifically with those individuals with moderate IDs and their parents' experiences of well-being during the transition process. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to understand how parents of young adult-aged children with moderate IDs experience well-being as their child transitions from high school to adulthood. Ryff's model of psychological well-being was used as the conceptual framework to better understand and explore the psychological well-being of parents as they navigate through the transition process. Eight parents from an urban Georgia school district were recruited through criterion sampling and participated in individual semistructured face-to-face interviews. Constant comparison analysis was used to analyze the data. There were 8 major themes that emerged from describing the lived experience of parents: (a) expectations and preparation, (b) experience with school, (c) accessing and coordinating services, (d) social support systems, (e) daily activities and planning, (f) life as an adjustment, (g) personal growth, and (h) looking toward the future. School districts and adult service providers may gain insight from parent perspectives to help alleviate rather than exacerbate the challenges parents face during the transition process, which would contribute to the parents' psychological well-being.

and keywords in English The diploma thesis deals with the relationship between pupils' overall life satisfaction and school climate. In this work school climate is represented by four aspects: pupils' sense of security, social relations at school, school success and career planning. Another question which has been analysed is whether the pupils' life satisfaction is affected by the type of school. The relationships were verified on the data from the PISA survey from 2018 using hierarchical linear models. A significant association between the type of school and the pupils' overall life satisfaction has been present only when there were no other variables in the model that would describe the school climate. Another important phenomenon is a relationship between pupils' overall life satisfaction and relationships at school (not only with classmates, but also with teachers). Model 2 shows that good relationships with classmates and teachers could also be a weak moderator of the relationship between the negative experience of bullying and pupils' life satisfaction. In the analysis a positive association between academic achievements and life satisfaction was identified only when the academic achievements were represented by marks, not by the average reading literacy score. In this work the conclusions...

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This study examines the correlation between self-regulated learning (SRL) and psychological well-being (PWB) in students in the online learning environment. Previous research suggests that these concepts are positively correlated, i.e. that application of SRL contributes to better PWB or vice versa. However, most studies on this relation have been performed with the traditional/in-person learning environment as context. Therefore, there is a lack of insight into how this relation might behave in the online learning environment, which is currently employed by many universities due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Thus, in this study, SRL and PWB were measured across 6 subscales each in students at KTH in order to perform a correlation analysis between the subscales of the two concepts. The aim is to gain in-sight into the relationship between SRL and PWB, which could be useful for teachers in assisting their students’ utilization of SRL and in turn improve their PWB.  Data was gathered through an online survey which was administered to students at KTH through a course and was published on an online forum for KTH students on Facebook in the year 2021. The survey received 103 responses. The data was analyzed using Spearman rank correlation analysis, which revealed mostly statistically insignificant correlations, or statistically significant but weak correlations between the subscales within SRL and PWB. The results show an overall weaker correlation between SRL and PWB compared to the results of previous studies. The large number of insignificant correlations might indicate that the sample size was insufficient for the method and tools used. In conclusion, the results of this study did not reveal much meaningful information on the relation between SRL and PWB in students in the online learning environment. / I denna studie undersöktes korrelationen mellan självreglerat lärande (SRL) och psykologiskt välmående (PWB) i online-lärandemiljön. Tidigare forskning har visat att dessa koncept är positivt relaterade, dvs. att användning av SRL kan bidra till bättre psykologiskt välmående eller vice versa. Tidigare studier som undersöker denna relation har undersökt frågan med den traditionella lärandemiljön som kontext, där studenter och lärare träffas i person. Det finns därför en kunskapslucka gällande hur denna relation ser ut i online-lärandemiljön, som i skrivande stund används av många lärosäten på grund av den rådande Covid-19 pandemin. Därför har i denna studie PWB och SRL mätts över 6 delskalor var hos studenter på KTH för att utföra en korrelationsanalys mellan delskalorna av de två koncepten. Syftet var att få insikt i relationen mellan SRL och PWB med målet att det kan hjälpa lärare assistera deras studenter applicera SRL strategier och då bidra till bättre PWB hos studenter i online-lärandemiljön. Data samlades in med en online-enkät som delades ut till studenter på KTH genom en kurs och publicerades på ett online-forum för KTH studenter på Facebook året 2021. Enkäten fick 103 svar. Datan undersöktes med Spearmans rangkorrelationsmatris, som visade mestadels icke-signifikanta korrelationer, eller signifikanta, men svaga, korrelationer mellan delskalorna inom SRL och PWB. Resultaten av denna studie visar på svagare relation mellan SRL och PWB jämfört med resultat i tidigare studier. Det stora antalet icke signifikanta korrelationer kan tyda på att sampel-storleken var för liten för instrumenten som användes. Sammanfattningsvis så gav inte denna studie mycket betydelse-full insikt i relationen mellan SRL och PWB i online lärandemiljön.

Financial illiteracy broadly affects people’s financial and economic well-being. The purpose of this thesis is to identify how the magnitudes of financial literacy determinants change under different residency settings. A county-level calculation of financial literacy is created, and logit and negative binomial regressions are employed to compare the relationship between demographic variables and financial literacy in metro/non-metro and urban/rural counties. Data on individual’s financial knowledge and personal characteristics is obtained from the FINRA National Financial Capability Study. Urban and rural residency is determined using USDA ERS Rural-Urban Continuum Codes and the Index of Relative Rurality. These results provide an improved understanding of who is more likely to experience higher and lower financial literacy and may be useful for policymakers and educators wanting to provide targeted resources for improving financial literacy in their area.

Objectives The purpose of this study was to examine the influences of spiritual well-being and parenting styles on USA nursing students’ psychological well-being and suicidal ideation. Methods This was a cross sectional, descriptive research design. The structured questionnaires were used to do the data collection. There were 404 nursing students were recruited from a Midwest University in the USA. The mean age was 24.53 (SD = 6.14). There were 53 Male (13.1%) and 351 Female (86.9%). The SPSS 28th version was used to do the data analysis. The descriptive data analysis, Pearson Correlation, and Step-wise Multiple Regressions were used to solve the research questions. Results Total score of spiritual well-being, faith/belief, life and self-responsibility, and life satisfaction/ self- actualization had statistically significant positive relationships with nursing students’ psychological well- being. Total score of spiritual well-being, faith/belief, life and self-responsibility, and life satisfaction/ self- actualization had statistically significant reverse relationships with nursing students’ suicidal ideation. Their parents’ rearing attitude: child monitor, inductive reasoning, communication, positive reinforcement, involvement, and the total scores of positive rearing attitude had statistically significant positive relationships with nursing students’ psychological well-being. Their parents’ rearing attitude: communication, positive reinforcement, and the total scores of positive rearing attitude had statistically significant reverse relationships with nursing students’ suicide ideation. Their parents’ harsh discipline and the total scores of negative rearing attitude had statistically significant positive relationships with nursing students’ suicide ideation. Discussion In this study, life satisfaction/self-actualization, life/self-responsibility, positive reinforcement, and faith/belief were the significant predictors of nursing students’ psychological well-being. Total scores of spiritual well-being and positive reinforcement were significant predictors of nursing students’ suicidal ideation. Higher score of total scores of spiritual well-being and positive reinforcement were found to predict decreasing nursing students’ suicidal ideation.

Background Nursing professional health courses have been reported to be very exhaustive and stressful, with most nursing students reporting moderate levels of stress. Purpose This study was designed to compare the spiritual well-being, coping strategies, psychological well-being, anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation between Taiwanese and Australian nursing students. Methods Three hundred eighty-one nursing students (180 from Taiwan and 201 from Australia) were recruited for this cross-sectional comparative research study. The Psychological Well-being Scale, Spiritual Well-being Scale, Coping Strategies Inventory Short-Form, Hamilton Anxiety Scale, Zung Depression Scale, and Brief Screen for Adolescent Depression Scale were used to collect data. SPSS 27.0 was used for data analysis. Descriptive data analysis, chi-square tests, independent t test, Pearson correlations, and stepwise multiple regressions were used to examine the research questions. Results Students in Australia had higher mean scores than Taiwanese nursing students for psychological well-being, life satisfaction/self-actualization, and using problem-focused disengagement coping strategies, whereas Taiwanese students had higher mean scores for using emotion-focused engagement coping strategies and depression than their Australian nursing students. Spiritual well-being and problem-focused disengagement were shown to be significantly and positively related to psychological well-being and significantly and negatively related to anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation in both groups. No significant difference between Australian students and Taiwanese students was found in anxiety, suicidal ideation, and negative-emotion-related alcohol use. Conclusions/Implications for Practice The multiple regressions performed in this study support life satisfaction/self-actualization and the emotion-focused disengagement coping strategy as significant predictors of anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation in both student groups. The findings of this study help nursing program faculty better understand the key factors of influence on nursing student mental health and provide a conceptual framework for using problem-focused coping strategies and spiritual education on students.

The Puritans constituted a very vocal influential minority during the time of Shakespeare. One of their more interesting ideas was the doctrine of the covenant, which explained why a transcendent God would care for fallen human beings. God, for Puritans, voluntarily bound himself in a covenant to man. The interrelations of elements of grace and works make it difficult to interpret what a covenant should be like: more like a modern contract or more like a feudalistic promise system? Unlike a contract, God never ends the covenant even when humans disregard their commitment, but instead helps humans fulfill their obligations by means of mercy. The covenant also sets out specific limitations that each party is required to fulfill like a contract. Puritans applied this pattern of the covenant not only to their relationship with God, but to other relationships like business, government, and most interestingly marriage. I will focus on how Shakespeare sets out this same covenantal pattern between man and God in his depiction in Portia's and in Helena's marriages respectively. I use sixteenth and seventeenth century Puritan treatises and sermons as well as secondary experts to illustrate Shakespeare's invocation of a Puritan marriage. This Puritan interpretation of the marriage covenant points toward equality by making the couple equally obligated in the contract, yet requiring more than mere obligation. These authors believed that the marriage covenant should not just be for procreation, but cohabitation and communion of the mind.

Construction industry is based on the evaluation of building environmental impact. The current situation shows buildings reaching high standards in the field of environmental sustainability, but they often neglect occupants' satisfaction. The International Well Building Institute (IWBI) has released a new building standard called WELL, whose aim is to create sustainable buildings paying attention to occupants' health and well-being. The goal of this thesis is to understand what does WELL add to existent building certification systems. There is a large number of certification systems, green codes, green standards and several other kinds of documents that influence the way in which designers think and develop their projects. A research background is carried out to identify their requirements and fields of applicability. The innovative concepts proposed by the IWBI, need to interface with requirements from different regulations or certifications. The gap analysis performed in this work highlights which are the gaps and the overlaps between WELL and Swedish building regulations (BBR), Miljöbyggnad, BREEAM-SE and LEED-IT. The White Arkitekter's office in Stockholm, known as Katsan and certified with Miljöbyggnad Gold, is used as a case study to have a more specific approach to the problem than the general approach provided with the gap analysis. The report shows significant gaps between WELL and the other regulations and certifications, which are reduced when considering the case study. The outcomes for the different standards have been compared and they have evidenced some innovative features present only in WELL. These features answer to the research question and underline what WELL adds to sustainability concepts.