Investigating Psychological Well-being of Primary School Students: Instrument Characteristics and Preliminary Results
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https://doi.org/10.7346/sird-022023-p38Keywords:
Instrument Characteristics, ; Primary School Children, Quantitative Study, Well-Being, Connection To NatureAbstract
There are many factors that influence the well-being, prosocial conduct, empathy, connection with nature, life satisfaction, pro-environmental attitudes and actions, awareness and emotional regulation of elementary school students. This paper presents an initial analysis of an instrument designed to investigate a child's overall well-being through these factors, all of which relate to a positive relationship with self, others and school. The questionnaire was constructed by selecting items from already validated scales for the analysis of each of the above variables. The study was conducted in 14 primary schools in Lazio (N=433) with outdoor education experience, in order to investigate the possible influence of this specific educational practice on well-being. The results of the exploratory factor analysis have shown that we can hypothesize with a very good degree of confidence a construct of child well-being consisting of four dimensions: Caring For Others, Feeling Good About Yourself, Enjoyment Of Nature and Handling Emotions. Finally, ANOVA analyses have been conducted showing significant differences between males and females in the first three dimensions while no significant differences were found in relation to the experience of outdoor education teaching practices.
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