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Generosity and life satisfaction among teenagers
Generosity and life satisfaction among teenagers

Author(s): Adela Răzvana Lazăr
Subject(s): Psychology, School education, Educational Psychology, Personality Psychology, Behaviorism
Published by: Editura Universitatii din Oradea
Keywords: generosity; life satisfaction; giving; happiness; prosocial behavior;

Summary/Abstract: The context of actual pandemic requires analyzing workers’ proactive Generosity, a virtue that is desired in any society, involves choosing to sacrifice one's own resources, we talking about money or time, energy, etc. to help someone in need. Satisfaction with life, on the other hand, refers to the degree of contentment an individual has with his or her own life. The central objective of this paper was to investigate the relationship between the two concepts - generosity and life satisfaction among adolescents. The research included a sample of 4333 adolescents in 8th grade from a survey (MERPAS) conducted in the school year 2018-2019 in Bihor County, Romania. Regression analyses confirm the research hypothesis, showing the existence of a significant positive relationship between the level of generosity and life satisfaction of adolescents, controlling for the effects of the variables gender, socio-economic status, declared religiosity and place of residence.

  • Issue Year: 14/2021
  • Issue No: 28
  • Page Range: 31-45
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: English