2016 Volume 19 Issue 2 Pages 192-196
[Purpose]
The purpose of this study was to examine the causal relationships between social interest schema and life satisfaction in elementary school children.
[Methods]
The participants of the longitudinal study were 218 children in grades three through six. The children completed questionnaires twice during a four-month period. These questionnaires were based on a social interest scale and a life satisfaction scale.
[Results]
A cross-lagged effects model indicated that no significant associations emerged between social interest schema and life satisfaction. A synchronous effects model indicated that social interest schema (T2) had a significant effect on life satisfaction (T2) (β=0.23, p=.047) and that life satisfaction (T2) had a significant effect on social interest schema (T2) (β=0.25, p=.039).
[Conclusion]
This result suggests that the relationship between social interest schema and life satisfaction is interactive.
