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Robert F. Valois
Researcher at University of South Carolina
Publications - 151
Citations - 10379
Robert F. Valois is an academic researcher from University of South Carolina. The author has contributed to research in topics: Life satisfaction & Youth Risk Behavior Survey. The author has an hindex of 54, co-authored 151 publications receiving 9696 citations.
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Preliminary Validation of the Brief Multidimensional Students' Life Satisfaction Scale (BMSLSS)
TL;DR: Huebner et al. as discussed by the authors investigated the psychometric properties of the Brief MultidimensionalStudents' Life Satisfaction Scale (MSLSS): Huebner, 1994.
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Life Satisfaction and Student Engagement in Adolescents
TL;DR: The findings provide important evidence of the role of early adolescents’ life satisfaction in their engagement in schooling during the important transition grades between elementary and high school and extend the positive psychology perspective to the relatively neglected context of education.
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Aggression, Substance Use, and Suicidal Behaviors in High School Students.
TL;DR: The results suggest that suicidal behaviors are not infrequent occurrences among adolescents and that they often coexist with other high-risk behaviors.
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Severe Dating Violence and Quality of Life Among South Carolina High School Students
Ann L. Coker,Robert E. McKeown,Maureen Sanderson,Keith E. Davis,Robert F. Valois,E. Scott Huebner +5 more
TL;DR: Evidence is provided that SDV and forced sex are associated with poor H-R QOL, low life-satisfaction scores, and adverse health behaviors in adolescent female victims and male perpetrators.
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Relationship between perceived life satisfaction and adolescents’ substance abuse
TL;DR: Longitudinal studies are needed to determine whether dissatisfaction with life is a consequence or determinant of substance abuse behavior for adolescents.