Correlates of life satisfaction in adolescents

Pages:332-340
Ritu and Madhu Anand (Department of Psychology, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana)

In the field of positive psychology, there has been a growing movement toward examining Life Satisfaction. This paper aims to specifically highlight the benefits of positive adolescents Life Satisfaction providing general positive and negative associations between Life Satisfaction and various psycho-social-demographic variables like demographic factors, personality, psychological factors, social factors, physical health and environmental factors etc. The present paper is theoretical in nature; the variables related to Life Satisfaction are theoretically discussed which have already been tested in previous studies. Implications of positive life satisfaction among adolescents and future directions in Life Satisfaction research are briefly discussed.