The relationship between hope and life satisfaction among children in low and middle socio-economic status communities in cape town, South Africa
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Date
2019
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Springer Nature
Abstract
The overarching aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between hope and life satisfaction among a sample of children in Cape Town, South Africa. More specifically, the study aimed to ascertain the moderating effect of socio-economic status on this relationship. The study uses secondary data from the first wave of the Children’s Worlds study. A cross-sectional survey design was employed with the use of stratified random sampling to select a sample of 1004 twelve-year old children attending primary schools within the Cape Town Metropole. The questionnaire administered, incorporated Huebner’s (School Psychology International, 12, 231–240, 1991) Students’ Life Satisfaction Scale and Snyder et al.’s (Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 22, 399–421, 1997) Children’s Hope Scale. Data were analysed by means of correlational analysis, and using the Process Tool for moderation. The results indicate that there is a significant relationship between hope and life satisfaction for both low and middle socio-economic status communities.
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Hope, Life satisfaction, Moderator effect, Socio-economic status, Process tool for moderation analysis
Citation
Raats et al. (2019).The relationship between hope and life satisfaction among children in low and middle socio-economic status communities in cape town, South Africa. Child Indicators Research, 12(2), 733–746. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12187-018-9549-0