*경기대학교 사회과학대학 사회복지학과, †강남대학교 사회복지학부
*Department of Social Welfare, College of Social Science, Kyonggi University, Suwon, †College of Social Welfare, Kangnam University, Yongin, Korea
The purpose of this study was to explore the determinants of subjective well-being among Korean Adolescents. Specially, it tried to find out how socio-demographic, health, and delinquent behavior factors influence on their level of subjective well-being. This study used the 2009 Korean Youth Health Risk Behavior On-line Survey data. It conducted a secondary data analysis of 75,006 cases. It conducted frequency analysis, t-test, F-test, correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis. Although various independent variables influenced on their level of subjective well-being, gender, grade, living with parents, educational background of father, economic status, academic record, level of stress, level of depression, overall health status, internet addiction, alcohol use, smoking and drug use were key determinants of their level of subjective well-being among Korean Adolescents. Findings may be used for realizing the key factors of subjective well-being and developing new promising strategies to enhance the subjective well-being among Korean Adolescents. (Korean J Str Res 2013;21: 1∼84)