34-1 A Longitudinal Study of Teenagers' Development of Happiness in Taiwan: An Analysis of Hierarchical Linear Growth Model

Teenagers' happiness is an important issue. The purpose of this study has twofold. The study explored the tendency and the growth rate of Taiwanese teenagers' happiness as it varied by time. In addition, the study investigated the effects of gender, depressive mood and positive institute on the initial status and the growth rate of happiness. Hierarchical linear growth model was applied to analyze the data of 1099 students from Taiwan Education Panel Survey. The data was collected over three waves from seventh grade in 2001 to eleventh grade in 2005. The results showed that: (1) The teenagers' happiness growth on average decreased across three waves. (2) Both the depressive mood and positive institute had significant effects on the initial status of teenagers' happiness. Given the present results, we provided some implications and suggestions for future studies.

Keywords
depressive mood、happiness、panel study、positive institute、Taiwan Education Panel Survey

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