School Effectiveness and School Improvement · 2002 · 120 citations · 0 references
Public HealthHealth PromotionSecondary EducationChild DevelopmentIndividual DifferencesPsychometricsChild Health PromotionEmotional Well-beingHealth Status MeasurementMental Well-beingPsychological Well-beingSchool Well-beingSchool-based Health PromotionStudent Well-beingSubjective WellbeingWell-beingWell-being AssessmentWellbeing Assessment
Abstract The aim of this study was to explore the variation of general subjective well-being on individual and school levels. The classroom survey data of the School Health Promotion Survey (SHPS) were gathered in 1998 (N = 39 886) and in 1999 (N = 47 455) in different parts of Finland. The subjects were 8th and 9th graders from 458 secondary schools. Well-being was measured using the General Subjective Well-being Indicator (GSWI). The variation was studied using linear multilevel modeling. One percent of the variation in GSW occurred at the school level. The great majority of subjective well-being variation occurred between pupils.