Youth life satisfaction measures: a review

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Strengths Use as a Predictor of Well-Being and Health-Related Quality of Life (2011, methodology): “Throughout the research literature, scores on measures of life satisfaction are used as an indication of happiness or unhappiness (Proctor et al. 2009b).”
Strengths Gym: The impact of a character strengths-based intervention on the life satisfaction and well-being of adolescents (2011, background): “In general, positive evaluations of life satisfaction are linked with positive functioning, whereas negative evaluations of life satisfaction are associated with depression and negative functioning (see Proctor et al., 2009b for a review).”
Conceptualizing High School Students' Mental Health Through a Dual-Factor Model (2016, background): “For a summary of the strong psychometric properties of the SLSS, see Proctor, Linley, and Maltby (2009).”
Self-esteem and mental health in adolescents – level and stability during a school year (2019, background): “Strong self-esteem is also related to higher life satisfaction (8,24-26) and seem to be a protective factor through its role as a potential buffer against negative stressors (21,27).”