The relationship between subjective well-being in school and children’s participation rights: international evidence from the Children’s Worlds survey

Barrance, Rhian Mari ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0547-4796 and Hampton, Jennifer May 2023. The relationship between subjective well-being in school and children’s participation rights: international evidence from the Children’s Worlds survey. Children and Youth Services Review 151 , 107038. 10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.107038

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Abstract

This paper considers the relationship between children’s subjective well-being at school and the fulfilment of their participation rights. Our research focuses on the association between children’s involvement in decision making in school and their subjective well-being (SWB) using international evidence from the Children’s Worlds survey. The analysis uses data from the third sweep of the Children’s Worlds survey collected from 12-year-olds within 13 EU and former EU countries. We focus on the school in response for calls for more domain-specific analysis of children’s SWB, and in light of the considerable amount of time children spend in school and the compulsory nature of schooling. We identify an association between subjective well-being and participation in decision-making at school, across all countries included in this study, except Malta. The paper also finds that relationships with teachers and other peers (as measured by bullying) also impact upon children’s school-based SWB.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education) Wales Institute of Social & Economic Research, Data & Methods (WISERD)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) L Education > L Education (General)
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0190-7409
Funders:	ESRC WISERD Civil Society Centre, Welsh Government, Jacobs Foundation
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	22 June 2023
Date of Acceptance:	25 May 2023
Last Modified:	12 Sep 2023 18:12
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/159967

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