Shazly Savahl

Prof. Dr. Shazly Savahl

Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies of Children, Families and Society, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town 7535, South Africa

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Academic Career Length

19Years (2008-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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19 September 2017 in The Journal of Environmental Education
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SASabirah Adams
Sabirah Adams
SSShazly Savahl
Shazly Savahl

12 September 2018 in Child Development
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Shazly Savahl
CMCarme Montserrat
Carme Montserrat
FCFerran Casas
Ferran Casas
SASabirah Adams
Sabirah Adams
HTHabib Tiliouine
Habib Tiliouine
KJKyle Jackson
Kyle Jackson

1 January 2019 in Cogent Psychology
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HWHeidi Witten
Heidi Witten
SSShazly Savahl
Shazly Savahl
SASabirah Adams
Sabirah Adams

11 June 2021 in Frontiers in Psychology
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Shazly Savahl
FCFerran Casas
Ferran Casas
SASabirah Adams
Sabirah Adams
Research on children’s quality of life and subjective well-being has advanced over the past decade largely as a result of developments in childhood theory, children’s rights legislation, and the shift toward positive social science. However, in line with the uncertainty regarding the conceptualization of subjective well-being, the structural configuration of children’s subjective well-being has not been considered in the literature. In the current study, we present and test a model of children’s subjective well-being, which includes global (context-free items assessing overall and general well-being, without reference to a specific aspect of life) and specific (domain-based items assessing a specific aspect of life) cognitive components, and positive and negative affect. We further test the fit structure of a hierarchical structural (second-order) model of children’s subjective well-being. Finally, we test the measurement invariance of the hierarchical model across age and gender. We use data from the third Wave of the Children’s Worlds Survey. The data source includes a sample of 92,782 participants selected from 35 countries (girls = 49.7%) in two age groups (10- and 12-years-old). We found a good fit for the four-factor confirmatory factor model of children’s subjective well-being. Correlations between the various latent factors were as anticipated—with positive correlations between the life satisfaction components and positive affect, and negative correlations with negative affect. We further found a good fit for the hierarchical structural model of children’s subjective well-being. Finally, we found the tenability of measurement invariance across age and gender. The study extends the generalizability of the hierarchical structural configuration of the subjective well-being to child samples, and provides a viable model to explore correlates and predictors of children’s subjective well-being using the full conceptual model. Finally, we propound the tenability of a quadripartite hierarchical conceptual model of children’s subjective well-being.

15 February 2018 in Child Indicators Research
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SASabirah Adams
Sabirah Adams
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Shazly Savahl
MFMaria Florence
Maria Florence
KJKyle Jackson
Kyle Jackson

28 October 2014 in Child Indicators Research
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Shazly Savahl
CMCharles Malcolm
Charles Malcolm
SSStef Slembrouk
Stef Slembrouk
SASabirah Adams
Sabirah Adams
IWIngrid A. Willenberg
Ingrid A. Willenberg
RSRoseline September
Roseline September