Predictor Relationships between the Values the Adolescents Have and Their Levels of Subjective Well-Being and Social Appearance Anxiety: A Model Proposal

Abstract

The purpose of the current research was to examine the predictor relationships among adolescents' social appearance anxieties, subjective well-beings and the values they have; and to test the model set with reference to these relationships. The research was carried out by using relational survey model. Convenience sampling method was used to select the sample of the study. The sample of the study consisted of adolescents who were enrolled in public high schools of a city located at the centre region of Turkey in 2013-2014 education year. 322 male and 278 female students and in total 600 students aged between 13 and 18 participated in this study. In the present research, “Human Values Scale” developed by Dilmaç (2007); “Adolescent Subjective Well-being Scale” developed by Eryilmaz (2009); “Social Appearance Anxiety Scale Adolescent Form” developed Hart (2008) and Turkish adaptation of by Doğan (2011) were used as the data collection instruments of this study. Data were analyzed using AMOS 19 software according to “Structural Equation Model”. The findings showed that the direct effects of values on social appearance anxiety and subjective well-being, the direct effect of social appearance anxiety on subjective well-being.