Abstract
The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between positive competences, such as emotion regulation, proactive coping and prosocial behavior, and Colombian adolescents' perception of their well-being and life satisfaction. Through a convenience sample, 930 7th and 9th grade adolescents attending 11 public and private schools in 2 main cities of Colombia answered to a set of scales that evaluate proactive coping, emotion regulation, prosocial behavior, perceived life satisfaction and well-being. Multiple linear regression analyses were conducted to evaluate models for adolescents' well-being and life satisfaction, with the positive competences taken as predictive variables. The model that showed the best fit and accounted for the greatest amount of variance in adolescents' well-being and life satisfaction included 2 dimensions of proactive coping (positive and social), emotion regulation and prosocial behavior. Recommendations for future research and the development of intervention programs to promote adolescents' well-being are presented.
Highlights
El propósito de este estudio fue evaluar la asociación entre competencias positivas, como la regulación emocional, el afrontamiento proactivo y la conducta prosocial, y la percepción de adolescentes colombianos sobre su bienestar y satisfacción con la vida
The purpose of the present study was to assess the relation between positive competences and well-being and life satisfaction in Colombian adolescents
Multiple regression results indicated that the predictor variables explained around 31% of the variance of adolescents' well-being and, that the variables that contributed the most were positive coping and social coping, followed by emotion regulation
Summary
Nine hundred and thirty adolescents from two major cities in Colombia (Bogotá and Medellín) participated in the study. Cronbach's alpha coefficients for the subscales in the sample of this study ranged from 0.70 to 0.75, indicating adequate internal consistency, and the Omega coefficient for the whole scale was 0.92. Because the goal for this study was to evaluate the effects of lack of emotion regulation on life satisfaction and psychological well-being, only a total DERS scale score was calculated. Cronbach's alpha coefficients for the subscales in the sample of this study ranged from 0.66 to 0.84, and the value for the total scale was 0.90 for the Cronbach's alpha coefficient and 0,91 for the Omega coefficient Cronbach's alpha and Omega coefficients for the positive social behavior subscale in this sample was 0.86 This value indicates an adequate internal consistency
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