Resumen de Stressful life events and perceived well-being in immigrant adolescents from portugal

Ida Lemos, Cristina Nunes, Sofía Guimaraes

• The aim of this study was to analyze relationships between stressful life events and perceived well-being of immigrant adolescents. The KIDSCREEN-52 and the Stressful Life Events Inventory (SVE) were filled by 99 adolescents (44 males and 55 females), aged 12-18 in school context.

  Significant differences were found according to gender on Physical Well-being but not on the other scales of the KIDSCREEN-52. Also, the number of school retentions was associated with the report of lower financial resources and with a higher report of Stressful Live Events (SVE). Moreover, significant and negative correlations were found between SVE and General Quality of Life, Moods, Self- perception, Financial Resources, School environment, and Social Acceptance. The number of years living in the host country was associated with higher scores in Parent Relations and Home Life and with lower scores reported in School Environment. Furthermore, no significant relations were found between KIDSCREEN scales, SVE and immigrant generation, country of origin, family structure, and parents’ educational level. Results highlight which factors may put adolescents at risk for psycho- social adjustment. Implications for the design of intervention programmes are discussed