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Positive Youth Development and Resilience Among Youth in Iceland: The Importance of Social Context and Self-Esteem for Life Satisfaction

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Building on two developmental science approaches of Positive Youth Development (PYD) and resilience, the aim of this chapter is to explore correlates of life satisfaction among youth in Iceland. In particular, the association between youth social experiences, self-esteem and life satisfaction is investigated for an overall youth sample and for two sub-samples of youth reporting family conflict/violence or sexual abuse. We present data from a cross-sectional national school survey among 5803 youth in Iceland. The findings indicated that while negative experiences of family conflict/violence and sexual abuse were related to less life satisfaction among youth, positive social experiences of parental support, friends’ support, positive attitude towards school and sport participation were associated with more life satisfaction (main effects). Positive social experiences were both directly and indirectly (mediation effects through high self-esteem) related to life satisfaction. Finally, self-esteem was more strongly related to life satisfaction among youth reporting family conflict/violence or sexual abuse than those who did not report such experiences (interaction effects). These findings underscore the importance of family, friends, schools and extracurricular activities when fostering life satisfaction among youth. Furthermore, the chapter highlights the importance of high self-esteem when understanding life satisfaction of youth facing negative experiences of family conflict/violence or sexual abuse.

The authors would like to thank all participants in Youth in Iceland survey.

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  1. Department of Psychology, Reykjavik University, Reykjavik, Iceland

    Bryndis Bjork Asgeirsdottir & Inga Dora Sigfusdottir

  2. Icelandic Centre for Social Research and Analysis, Reykjavik University, Reykjavik, Iceland

    Bryndis Bjork Asgeirsdottir & Inga Dora Sigfusdottir

  3. Department of Health and Behavior Studies, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

    Inga Dora Sigfusdottir

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    Radosveta Dimitrova

  2. Department of Psychosocial Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

    Nora Wiium

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Asgeirsdottir, B.B., Sigfusdottir, I.D. (2021). Positive Youth Development and Resilience Among Youth in Iceland: The Importance of Social Context and Self-Esteem for Life Satisfaction. In: Dimitrova, R., Wiium, N. (eds) Handbook of Positive Youth Development. Springer Series on Child and Family Studies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70262-5_14

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