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Table 2 Mental wellbeing with selected covariates, adjusted for gender, age, country and gender age interaction. Weighted data and with adjustments for cluster effects. All scale variables standardized

From: Four scales measuring mental wellbeing in the Nordic countries: do they tell the same story?

 

Life satisfaction

(Cantril’s ladder)

WHO Wellbeing Index a

Mental wellbeing (SWEMWBS) b

HBSC Health Complaints

Family well off c

.299***

.273***

.248***

-,209***

Self-esteem d

.539***

.548***

.612***

-.459***

Self-efficacy

.340***

.381***

.590***

-.292***

Family affluence (FAS)

.099***

.100***

.112***

-.026**

Global subjective health

.478***

.453***

.434***

-.382***

Been bullied

-.235***

-.198***

-.230***

.243***

Likes school

.416***

.436***

.406***

-.357***

Schoolwork pressure

-.290***

-.319***

-.326***

.357***

Family support

.359***

.323***

.444***

-.288***

Classmate support

.340***

.371***

.364***

-.299***

Teacher support

.340***

.365***

.384***

-.306***

Peer support

.303***

.304***

.394***

-.230***

Stressful social media use

-.221***

-.253***

-.275***

.298***

Loneliness

-.467***

-.456***

-.483***

.458***

High stress e

-.399***

-.407***

-.380***

.420***

Low stress e

.407***

.407****

.565***

-.348***

  1. **p < .01
  2. ***p < .001
  3. aData not available for 11-year-olds in Denmark
  4. bData not available for Iceland nor for 11-year-olds in Denmark, Finland, Norway
  5. cData not available for Denmark
  6. dData not available for Iceland, for Norwegian 11- and 13-year-olds, nor for Swedish 11-year-olds
  7. eData not available for 11-year-olds in Denmark, Finland, Iceland