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The Well-Being of 12 - to 16-Year-Old Adolescents and their Parents: Results from 1999 to 2003 Spanish Samples 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Ferran Casas Cristina Figuer Mònica González Sara Malo Carles Alsinet Sandra Subarroca 《Social indicators research》2007,83(1):87-115
This study adopts satisfaction with life as a whole and satisfaction with specific life domains as indicators to analyse the
relationships between the well-being of 12 to 16-year-old adolescents and some related constructs such as self-esteem, perceived
control and perceived social support. Well-being indicators from a 2003 Spanish sample using an 11-point scale (N = 1,634) are compared with an equivalent 1999 Spanish sample using a 5-point scale (N = 1,618). The different results obtained from the 2003 sample with a Principal Component Analysis (PCA) using a shorter and
a longer list of life domains are also discussed. A sub-sample of the adolescents’ results from the 2003 sample are compared
with their parents’ answers, using the same well-being indicators. Using a list of 8 life domains, and despite the change
of scale used, overall results show no relevant changes in adolescents’ satisfaction with life domains between 1999 and 2003
in Spain and are in agreement with normative data expected from western societies [Cummins: 1998, Social Indicators Research
43, pp. 307–334; Cummins et al.: 2001, Australian Unity Well-being Index (Australian Centre on Quality of Life, Deakin University,
Melbourne)]. Adolescents’ overall life satisfaction has been shown to correlate consistently with the other well-being related
constructs. However, it clearly decreases with age over the period studied. The results also show that increasing the list
of life domains has a major impact on the structure of the results obtained. When we compare results from parents with those
from their own child, outstanding differences in well-being appear between generations: few domain satisfaction dimensions
show significant correlation between parents and children and more than 20% of the population studied shows high discrepancies
in the answers in four domains. 相似文献
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Chang-Ming Hsieh 《Social indicators research》2008,87(1):127-137
This article seeks to extend Michalos’ [Social indicators research and health-related quality of life (QoL) research. Social Indicators Research, 65, 27–72, 2004] discussion on bridging social indicators research and health-related QoL (HRQoL) research through an examination
of (1) the relative importance of satisfaction with one’s own health to another common measure of QoL—Life satisfaction, and
(2) the relative importance of health in relation to other major life domains. Using data from two surveys, this article found
that individuals may perceive health as most important in relation to other major life domains but satisfaction with one’s
own health may not necessarily be the most important determining factor (in relation to satisfaction with other major life
domains) of QoL as measured by life satisfaction. These findings support Michalos’ (Social indicators research and HRQoL research.
Social Indicators Research, 65, 27–72, 2004) call for caution regarding the interpretation of research results on HRQoL since many HRQoL measures are measures
of satisfaction with one’s own health and should not be considered as measures of QoL. 相似文献
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Normative Life Satisfaction in Chinese Societies 总被引:1,自引:1,他引:0
Research over several decades about subjective life satisfaction has led to the conclusion that the majority of people seem
to be satisfied with their lives when their social and physical needs are met. In empirical studies which have used self-report
instruments, this trend is reflected in respondents’ consistent preference for the positive end of scales. This led to the
suggestion that there is a normative range for life satisfaction, which should hold true for general population data and,
therefore, serve as a reference point, or a gold standard, for comparison (Cummins Social Indicators Research, 35, 179–200, 1995, Social Indicators Research, 43, 307–334, 1998). Subsequent research has shown that Western and non-Western samples generally conform to the normative range,
but more data are needed from Chinese societies. In an attempt to remedy this situation, this paper investigates normative
life satisfaction there. This paper reanalyses published and unpublished data from various Chinese societies (People’s Republic
of China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, and Taiwan) in order to confirm whether or not they lie within the normative range
for non-Western countries. The results provide support for the relevance of Cummins’s normative range in Chinese societies.
That the normative range generalised to the present study is a very useful finding, as it supports its utility for Chinese
samples, and adds support to a theoretical explanation – i.e. the Wellbeing Homeostatisis theory—in Chinese groups. 相似文献
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Importance weighting is a common idea in quality of life (QOL) measurement. Based on the common idea that important domains
should have more contributions to individuals’ QOL total score, the weighting procedure of multiplying item satisfaction by
item importance was adopted in many QOL instruments. However, in Locke’s [1969, Organizational Behavior and Human Performance
4, pp. 309–336; 1976, in: M.D. Dunnette (eds.), Handbook of Industrial and Organizational Psychology (Rand McNally, Chicago),
pp. 1297–1343] range-of-affect hypothesis, he indicated that the satisfaction evaluation of an item was determined by the
have–want discrepancy, importance and their interaction (discrepancy × importance), implying that item satisfaction has incorporated
the judgment of item importance, therefore, weighting an item satisfaction score with an item importance score is unnecessary.
The purpose of this study was to examine the range-of-affect hypothesis in the context of QOL research. Three hundred and
thirty two undergraduate students at National Taiwan University (NTU) participated in the study. Item satisfaction, importance
and perceived have–want discrepancy were measured for 12 different life-area items. Global life satisfaction was measured
as well. Regression analysis results showed that item importance and perceived have–want discrepancy have a significant interaction
effect on item satisfaction, supporting Locke’s range-of-affect hypothesis. In addition, regression analysis results also
showed that item importance and item satisfaction did not have a significant interaction effect on global satisfaction, suggesting
that weighting item satisfaction score by item importance value does not have advantages in predicting global satisfaction.
In a summary, the findings revealed that item satisfaction has incorporated the judgment of item importance, and, thus, the
procedure of importance weighting on item satisfaction is unnecessary. 相似文献
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David Matarrita-Cascante 《Social indicators research》2010,98(1):105-127
The relationship between a community’s services and conditions, satisfaction, and overall quality of life were examined in
this study. As these relationships respond to specific contextual and cultural settings, qualitative methods were used to
account for their complexity and depth. Key informant interviews were conducted in two rural communities experiencing changes
in their living conditions as they shifted to a tourism-driven economy. The study allowed a better understanding of how residents
contextualized the abovementioned relationships. Findings suggest the need to account for pre-existing social arrangements,
and current community interactional and organizational conditions to better understand resident’s perceived living conditions,
community satisfaction and quality of life. 相似文献
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Monitoring Urban Quality of Life: The Porto Experience 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
This paper describes the monitorin g system of the urban quality of life developed by the Porto City Council, a new tool being
used to support urban planning and management. The two components of this system – a quantitative approach based on statistical
indicators and a qualitative analysis based on the citizens’ perceptions of the conditions of life – are presented. The strengths
and weaknesses of these two approaches adopted in the project are reviewed. It is argued that, in order to achieve a deeper
understanding and more effective measurement of urban quality of life, both kinds of measurements are useful and complement
each other. 相似文献
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This study examined whether extremely high life satisfaction was associated with adaptive functioning or maladaptive functioning.
Six hundred ninety-eight secondary level students completed the Students’ Life Satisfaction Scale [Huebner, 1991a, School
Psychology International, 12, pp. 231–240], Youth Self-Report of the Child Behavior Checklist [Achenbach and Edelbrock, 1991,
Child Behavior Checklist and Youth Self-Report, Burlington, VT], Abbreviated Junior Eysenck Personality Questionnaire [Francis,
1996, Personality and Individual Differences, 21, pp. 835–844], Self-Efficacy Questionnaire for Children (Muris, 2001, Journal
of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assesment, 23(3), pp. 145–149], and the Child and Adolescent Social Support Scale (Malecki
and Demaray, 2002, Psychology in Schools, 39, pp. 1–18]. Three groups of students were created based on their life satisfaction
reports: very high (top 10%), average (middle 25%), and very low (lowest 10%). Compared to students with average life satisfaction,
students with very high life satisfaction had higher levels on all indicators of adaptive psychosocial functioning, except
extraversion. Moreover, students with very high satisfaction had the lowest scores on all measures of emotional and behavioral
problems. However, rates of clinical levels of behavior problems did not differ significantly between the very high and average
groups. Finally, several necessary, but not sufficient factors for very high life satisfaction were identified. Taken together,
the findings support the notion that very high life satisfaction is associated with positive psychosocial functioning. Furthermore,
adolescents’ reports of their life satisfaction revealed differences in adjustment that were not captured by measures of psychopathology. 相似文献
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Do We Need to Weight Satisfaction Scores with Importance Ratings in Measuring Quality of Life? 总被引:1,自引:4,他引:1
Trauer and Mackinnon (2001; Quality of life research 10, pp. 579–585) recently proposed that weighting satisfaction scores
by importance ratings in measuring quality of life is undesirable and unnecessary. However, they didn’t use empirical data
to support their claim. In this study, different weighting algorithms developed by Cummins (1997; Comprehensive Quality of
Life Scale – Adult: Manual [Deakin, University Australia]), Raphael et al. (1996; Journal of Adolescent Health 19, pp. 366–375),
Ferrans and Powers (1985; Advances in Nursing Science 8, pp. 15–24) and Frisch (1992; Comprehensive Casebook of Cognitive
Therapy [Plenum Press, New York]) for measuring quality of life (QOL) were applied. Weighted scores computed from these weighting
algorithms were compared with unweighted scores in predicting a global life satisfaction measure by correlation and moderated
regression analyses. One hundred and thirty undergraduate students at National Taiwan University participated in the study
voluntarily. They completed a 15-item questionnaire on quality of campus life developed by the authors. They also completed
the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), a global life satisfaction measure developed by Diener et al. (1985; Journal of Personality
Assessment 49, pp. 71–75). The correlation results revealed that the weighted scores computed from different algorithms didn’t
have higher correlations to the SWLS than the unweighted scores. The moderated regression results also revealed that item
importance did not moderate the relationship between item satisfaction and the overall life satisfaction. All these findings
revealed that weighting satisfaction with importance is unnecessary.
This paper was a part of the first author’s Master Thesis 相似文献
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Michael R. Hagerty 《Social indicators research》2006,77(2):197-210
Quality of Life (QOL) is often measured with surveys of citizen’s satisfaction. In contrast, the current research uses already-existing
voting data to infer citizens’ perceptions of QOL. Under this model, citizens decide how much their QOL has improved (or declined)
since the last election, and then vote to reward (or punish) the incumbent party accordingly. Analysis of the popular vote
for the incumbent party then allows inference on how citizens judge their QOL and how they weight the various domains. Previous
research has concluded that voters reward an incumbent who improves the economic domain prior to election. I test whether
voters also reward declining crime rates, and estimate how citizens weight the relative importance of each in determining
QOL. I analyze the vote shares by state from U.S. presidential elections from 1972 to 1996. Results show that changes in crime
rates do influence vote share, consistent with the responsibility hypothesis, but to a smaller degree than the economic domain
does. The method described provides convergent evidence that citizens weight domains differentially, and can provide the weights
for a national QOL index. 相似文献
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While a growing literature demonstrates the impact of socio-political factors on citizens’ quality of life, scholars have
paid comparatively little attention to the role political organizations such as labor unions play in this regard. We examine
labor organization as a determinant of cross-national variation in life satisfaction across a sample of advanced industrial
polities. Our findings strongly suggest that unions increase the life satisfaction of citizens, and that that this effect
holds for non-union members as well. Moreover, we also find that labor organization has the strongest impact on the subjective
well-being of citizens with lower incomes. We confirm these hypotheses using both individual and aggregate-level data from
fourteen nations. We show these relationships to have an independent and separable impact from other economic, political,
and cultural determinants. The implications for the study of life satisfaction and of labor unions as political actors in
general are discussed. 相似文献
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This paper presents a study of the relationship between the psychological well-being of Spanish adolescents from 12 to 16 years
old and the values they aspire to for the future (N = 1,618). Adolescents’ well-being is explored through (a) their satisfaction with 19 specific life domains, (b) the Personal
Well-Being Index (Cummins, Social Indicators Research, 43, 307−334, 1998) and (c) an item on overall satisfaction with life. The values they aspire to are explored by means of a list
of 23 personal qualities or values. Satisfaction domains and values aspired to have been grouped into dimensions using principal
component analysis (PCA). Boys scored significantly higher on the materialistic values dimension and the capacities and knowledge
related values dimension, while girls scored higher on the interpersonal relationship related values dimension. The youngest
adolescents scored higher on materialistic values, while the oldest scored higher on interpersonal relationships related values.
Such results are similar to those obtained in a previous study, using a shorter version of the lists of satisfaction domains
and of values aspired to and a sample of 8,995 adolescents and 4,381 of their parents from five different countries. In both
studies results suggest that values aspired to can be considered a well-being related construct. However, an important change
appears in the latest Spanish sample: Family values no longer fit with the interpersonal relationships related values dimension
in the PCA, and now function as a separate value dimension which shows no correlation with overall life satisfaction, the
PWI, or life satisfaction domains with the exception of family satisfaction. Interestingly, family values have also changed
their loading dimension in the PCA developed with the answers from a sample of parents about the values they aspire to for
their own child’s future (N = 723). Parents’ responses were compared with those of their own child, with concordances observed in about half of the families,
low discrepancies in about one third and high or very high discrepancies in about 20%. Although the results of this study
have their limitations, they suggest support for the hypothesis that important changes in values aspired to may be taking
place over a short period of time, consistent with the findings of changes in values in several countries (Inglehart, Modernization and postmodernization. Cultural, economic and political change in 43 societies, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1997), but apparently with no outstanding impact on adolescents’ well-being. 相似文献
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How Social Relations and Structures can Produce Happiness and Unhappiness: An International Comparative Analysis 总被引:5,自引:2,他引:5
In this paper, subjective well being, as measured by survey questions on happiness and life satisfaction, is investigated
from a sociological-comparative point of view. The central thesis is that happiness and satisfaction must be understood as
the outcome of an interaction process between individual characteristics and aspirations on the one side, and social relations
and macrosocial structures on the other side. A distinction is made between life satisfaction and happiness; the former is
more seen as the outcome of an evaluation process including material and social aspirations and achievements, the latter as
an outcome of positive experiences, particularly close personal relationships. The focus of this paper is on micro- and macrosocial
conditions favouring or inhibiting the emergence of happiness and satisfaction. It is hypothesized that dense and good basic
social relations, occupational involvement and success, sociocultural (religious and altruistic) orientations and participation
are conducive to happiness and life satisfaction; the same should be true at the macrolevel for economic prosperity, relatively
equal social structures, a well-established welfare state and political democracy. The latter conditions, however, should
be more important for life satisfaction than for happiness. A comparative, multilevel regression analysis of happiness in
41 nations around the world is carried out (using the World Value Survey 1995–1997). Both our general assumption and most of the specific hypotheses could be confirmed. It turned very clearly that
“happiness” and “life satisfaction” are two different concepts. It could be shown that microsocial embedding and sociocultural
integration of a person are highly relevant for happiness. However, contrary to earlier studies, we find that macrosocial
factors like the economic wealth of nation, the distribution of income, the extent of the welfare state and political freedom
are also relevant, particularly for satisfaction. What counts most is the ability to cope with life, including subjective
health and financial satisfaction, close social relations, and the economic perspectives for improvement in the future, both
at the level of the individual and at that of the society. These abilities are certainly improved by favourable macrosocial
conditions and institutions, such as a more equal income distribution, political democracy and a welfare state. 相似文献
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Family Life Quality and Emotional Quality of Life in Chinese Adolescents with and Without Economic Disadvantage 总被引:1,自引:1,他引:1
Chinese secondary school students (N = 2758) responded to measures of perceived family life quality (parenting quality and parent–child relational quality) and
emotional quality of life (hopelessness, mastery, life satisfaction and self-esteem). Parenting quality included different
aspects of parental behavioral control (parental knowledge, expectation, monitoring, discipline and demandingness as well
as parental control defined in terms of indigenous Chinese concepts), parental psychological control, and parental responsiveness
whereas parent–child relational quality included satisfaction with parental control, child’s readiness to communicate with
the parents, parental trust of the child, and child’s trust of the parent. Results showed that parenting quality and parent–child
relational quality in poor families were generally poorer than those of non-poor families and the differences were more pronounced
in paternal parenting quality and father–child relational quality than in maternal parenting quality and mother–child relational
quality. Emotional quality of life of adolescents experiencing economic disadvantage was also found to be poorer than that
of adolescents not experiencing economic disadvantage. The present findings replicate the previous research findings in the
literature and generate a pioneering dataset based on Chinese adolescents at Secondary 2 level in Hong Kong. 相似文献
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The purpose of this research was to explore the relationships among housing satisfaction, community attachment and community
satisfaction and the complex mechanisms involved in predicting community satisfaction among residents in rural communities.
The role of housing satisfaction and community attachment in predicting community satisfaction was of particular interest.
A structural equation model of community satisfaction was tested with mail survey data drawn from a randomly selected rural
sample of 974 households. The results of this study confirmed the influences and mediating role of community attachment and
housing satisfaction in predicting community satisfaction. “Spillover” effects from “lower levels of life concerns” (e.g.,
satisfaction with local services, assessment of current housing conditions) in perceived community satisfaction were found
that support previous research (Sirgy and Cornwell in Social Indicators Research 59:79–114, 2002). 相似文献
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Mental Health of Parents and Life Satisfaction of Children: A Within-Family Analysis of Intergenerational Transmission of Well-Being 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
This paper addresses the extent to which there is an intergenerational transmission of mental health and subjective well-being
within families. Specifically it asks whether parents’ own mental distress influences their child’s life satisfaction, and
vice versa. Whilst the evidence on daily contagion of stress and strain between members of the same family is substantial,
the evidence on the transmission between parental distress and children’s well-being over a longer period of time is sparse.
We tested this idea by examining the within-family transmission of mental distress from parent to child’s life satisfaction,
and vice versa, using rich longitudinal data on 1,175 British youths. Results show that parental distress at year t − 1 is an important determinant of child’s life satisfaction in the current year. This is true for boys and girls, although
boys do not appear to be affected by maternal distress levels. The results also indicated that the child’s own life satisfaction
is related with their father’s distress levels in the following year, regardless of the gender of the child. Finally, we examined
whether the underlying transmission correlation is due to shared social environment, empathic reactions, or transmission via
parent–child interaction. 相似文献
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Esperanza Vera-Toscano Victoria Ateca-Amestoy Rafael Serrano-Del-Rosal 《Social indicators research》2006,77(2):211-243
This paper aims to contribute further research on the conceptualization of individual financial satisfaction as a particular
domain of satisfaction with life as a whole. Based on the 2003 Survey on Living Conditions and Poverty for Andalucía (Spain) and using a self-reported measure of welfare, ordered probit models are used to analyze the extent
to which individual financial satisfaction can be solely explained by income in absolute terms, or alternatively, by taking
into account the importance of relative income in its two dimensions: (1) personal aspirations as individual’s adaptation
to previous and future income levels (intra-individual comparisons), and (2) social comparisons as individual’s concern for
her peer’s income (inter-personal dependency). 相似文献
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This article uses data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study to examine whether family instability is associated
with changes in perceived social support, material hardship, maternal depression, and parenting stress among mothers of young
children. In addition to accounting for the number of transitions that a mother experiences during the first five years of
her child’s life, we pay close attention to the type and timing of these transitions. We find that mothers who transition
to cohabitation or marriage with their child’s biological father experience declines in material hardship and that those who
transition to cohabitation or marriage with another man exhibit modest declines in both material hardship and depression.
Mothers who exit cohabiting or marital relationships encounter decreases in perceived social support and increases in material
hardship, depression, and parenting stress. Overall, our results suggest that both the type and, to a much lesser degree,
the timing of family structure transitions may influence maternal well-being. 相似文献
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Cross-national comparisons generally show large differences in life satisfaction of individuals within and between European
countries. This paper addresses the question of whether and how job quality and working conditions contribute to the quality
of life of employed populations in nine strategically selected EU countries: Finland, Sweden, the UK, the Netherlands, Germany,
Portugal, Spain, Hungary, and Bulgaria. Using data from the European Quality of Life Survey 2003, we examine relationships
between working conditions and satisfaction with life, as well as whether spillover or segmentation mechanisms better explain
the link between work domain and overall life satisfaction. Results show that the level of life satisfaction varies significantly
across countries, with higher quality of life in more affluent societies. However, the impact of working conditions on life
satisfaction is stronger in Southern and Eastern European countries. Our study suggests that the issue of security, such as
security of employment and pay which provides economic security, is the key element that in a straightforward manner affects
people’s quality of life. Other working conditions, such as autonomy at work, good career prospects and an interesting job
seem to translate into high job satisfaction, which in turn increases life satisfaction indirectly. In general, bad-quality
jobs tend to be more ‘effective’ in worsening workers’ perception of their life conditions than good jobs are in improving
their quality of life. We discuss the differences in job-related determinants of life satisfaction between the countries and
consider theoretical and practical implications of these findings. 相似文献
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Raymond Swaray 《Social indicators research》2007,80(2):361-378
The increase in burglary crimes, along with the rise in the citizens’ worry about burglary crimes, has brought new challenges
to the criminal justice systems in developed nations over the last decade. Crime surveys often point to a substantial dissonance
between the actual likelihood of burglary and the perceived likelihood of victimization. This paper utilized data from the
British Crime Survey to examine the relationship between (actual and perceived) probabilities of burglary and respondents’
worries about burglary by means of a system of two-stage least squares models. The empirical results show a strong relationship
exists between households’ worries about burglary and their actual likelihood of being victimized by burglars in England and
Wales. These findings suggest that households’ worries about burglary may not, afterwards, be misplaced. 相似文献
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《Journal of women & aging》2013,25(1):5-21
This study examined the relationships among six different patterns of past employment and homemaking experiences and life satisfaction for a group of 172 older women who resided in subsidized housing in Brooklyn, New York. Data collected through the use of self-report questionnaires administered in small group settings provided demographic information, employment histories, self-assessed patterns of past employment and homemaking, as well as life satisfaction ratings. A series of regression analyses indicated that an older woman's pattern of past employment and homemaking was not significantly related to her level of life satisfaction. Perceived functional health and perceived financial adequacy were found to be related to life satisfaction, each explaining moderate amounts of life satisfaction variance. 相似文献