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The aim of this study was to test a fundamental assumption concerning 27 of the most frequently used measures to assess aspects
of the quality of people’s lives, e.g., measures concerning happiness, satisfaction with life as a whole, with the quality
of one’s life, with domains of life (job, marriage, friendships), and with perceived gaps between what one has compared to
what one wants, what one’s neighbor has and so on. The assumption is that such measures are sensitive to changes in the circumstances
of one’s life measured by self-perceptions of change and by self-assessments of the net balance of salient positive and negative
events one has experienced in some specified period of time. A total of 462 residents of British Columbia distributed across
3 different panels completed mailed-out questionnaires at 3 points in time in 2005, 06 and 07. Among other things, we found
that measuring year-by-year changes in respondents’ life circumstances by reports of their own perception and experienced
life events, on average the values of the 27 variables changed in ways that were consistent with respondents’ reported changes
in 49.7% of the cases examined. The success rate of the assumption using self-perceptions of change (61.7%) was much higher
than the success rate using a net balance of experienced events (37.3%). 相似文献
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The Subjective Well-being Construct: A Test of its Convergent,Discriminant, and Factorial Validity 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Using structural equation modeling, we found empirical support for the prevailing theory that subjective well-being consists
of three domains: (1) cognitive evaluations of one’s life (i.e., life satisfaction or happiness); (2) positive affect; and
(3) negative affect. Multiple indicators of satisfaction/happiness were shown to have strong convergent validity as well as
discriminant validity from positive and negative affect. Positive and negative affect likewise exhibited discriminant validity
from one another. At both the item and scale levels of analysis, we obtained an
intercorrelated three-factor solution corresponding to the three proposed subjective
well-being 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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The primary objective of this study was to more fully understand the impact of having a baby on women’s well-being by attending
to both the level and the content of well-being. To cover the judgemental and affective aspects of well-being we included
global measures of life satisfaction and well-being and affective experience measures derived from the day reconstruction
method. In a sample of 19 first-time mothers no differences between pre and postnatal reports of general life satisfaction,
depression, anxiety, and experienced positive and negative affect were found, suggesting that the arrival of the newborn baby
does not universally impact on women’s level of well-being. Changes in the content of well-being were studied by examining
changes in the way women experience specific activities and interactions with various social partners. There appeared to be
an upward shift in experienced positive affect during active leisure and a slight decrease in negative affect during time
spent with relatives. The results are discussed in light of previously documented changes across the transition to motherhood
in negative mood states, time use, women’s evaluation of various aspects of daily life, and relational satisfaction. 相似文献
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Knowing One’s Lot in Life Versus Climbing the Social Ladder: The Formation of Redistributive Preferences in Urban China 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
This paper examines, how individual preferences for redistribution in general and redistribution to improve access to education,
improve social protection for the poor, reduce income inequality and reduce unemployment depend on beliefs about what determines
one’s lot in life and self-assessed prospects for climbing the social ladder in urban China. We find that beliefs about what
determine one’s lot in life and subjective perceptions of future mobility are correlated with preferences for redistribution.
We find that those who believe one’s lot in life is outside their control are generally more likely to favour redistribution.
We show that this result is consistent with the existence of an altruism effect among the rich and entitlement effect among
the poor. These findings are robust to the inclusion of control variables for the respondent’s personal characteristics and
the location in which he or she lives. 相似文献
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This paper argues that feelings of agency are linked to human well-being through a sequence of adaptive mechanisms that promote
human development, once existential conditions become permissive. In the first part, we elaborate on the evolutionary logic
of this model and outline why an evolutionary perspective is helpful to understand changes in values that give feelings of
agency greater weight in shaping human well-being. In the second part, we test the key links in this model with data from
the World Values Surveys using ecological regressions and multi-level models, covering some 80 societies worldwide. Empirically,
we demonstrate evidence for the following sequence: (1) in response to widening opportunities of life, people place stronger
emphasis on emancipative values, (2) in response to a stronger emphasis on emancipative values, feelings of agency gain greater
weight in shaping people’s life satisfaction, (3) in response to a greater impact of agency feelings on life satisfaction,
the level of life satisfaction itself rises. Further analyses show that this model is culturally universal because taking
into account the strength of a society’s western tradition does not render insignificant these adaptive linkages. Precisely
because of its universality, this is indeed a ‘human’ development model in a most general sense. 相似文献
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Most studies that explore the impact of relative standing on subjective well-being use objective measures of the individual’s
relative position, such as the mean income of the reference group or the individual’s ranking in the relevant income distribution.
In this paper, using a new household survey from South Africa, we are able to derive subjective measures of relative standing,
as information is collected on individuals’ perceptions of where they rank in the income distribution. We find considerable differences between objective and subjective measures
of an individual’s relative ranking. Furthermore, our results suggest that an individual’s perceived relative status has a
significantly larger effect on subjective well-being than objective measures of relative status based on reported income.
We also examine the effects on subjective well-being of how individuals perceive their relative position in the income distribution
to have changed since childhood, and what they expect their relative position to be in the future. We find that future upward
mobility has a smaller effect than upward mobility compared to one’s past, suggesting that life satisfaction is influenced
more by what has been achieved than by anticipated achievements. 相似文献
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The current study examined how well affect and daily events predict life satisfaction in 72 college students. Surveys assessing mood, affect balance, health, and sleep quality provided estimates of affect and daily events. The Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) was used as a measure of general life satisfaction. The current results indicated that the SWLS was significantly correlated with feelings of depression, anger, vigor, and confusion, with physical health and frequency of physical illness, with positive and negative affect, and with sleep quality. The predictor variables used in the current study accounted for 54.1% of the total variance of the SWLS. However, only depression, vigor, confusion, frequency of illness and negative affect were significant predictors of life satisfaction in both a standard regression model and in a hierarchical forward regression model. More practically, an increase in subjective life satisfaction was predicted by decreases in depression, decreases in negative affect, decreases in the frequency of illness, and increases in vigor. These results indicate that judgements of life satisfaction, as measured by the SWLS, were significantly predicted by affect and daily events. 相似文献
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The Quality of Life in China 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
The Asia Barometer Survey of 2,000 respondents reveals that substantial majorities of the Chinese people experience feelings
of happiness, enjoyment, and accomplishment. In fact, the proportion experiencing these indicators of a high quality of life
are larger in China than in some more prosperous countries. Favorable historical comparison, sustained high economic growth,
satisfaction with interpersonal life, and a high percentage of married people are among the explanations for China’s prevalence
of subjective well-being. The Chinese people’s high levels of satisfaction with their interpersonal, material, and nonmaterial
life domains, their positive assessments of their relative living standards, and their high rate of marriage are three direct
positive influences on subjective well-being. Value priorities and other demographic characteristics also have indirect bearings
on subjective well-being in China. 相似文献
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The aim of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the Orientations to Happiness Questionnaire (OHQ; Peterson
et al. in J Happiness Stud 6(1):25–41, 2005) in Taiwanese students. The participants were 578 undergraduate students (Mage = 18.64, SD = 1.02) and completed the OHQ, satisfaction with life scale (Diener et al. in J Personality Assess 49:71–75,
1985), and subjective happiness. Confirmation factor analysis indicated that a three-factor model with 17 items was the better
fit model. Cross-validation also supported the modified Chinese version of the OHQ. Besides, the OHQ significantly predicted
life satisfaction and subjective happiness with an exception of life of pleasure. Overall, it was concluded that the Chinese
version of the OHQ would be useful for assessing individual’s orientations to happiness. 相似文献
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The present study investigated theoretically and empirically derived similarities and differences between the constructs of
enduring happiness and self-esteem. Participants (N = 621), retired employees ages 51–95, completed standardized measures of affect, personality, psychosocial characteristics,
physical health, and demographics. The relations between each of the two target variables (happiness and self-esteem) and
the full set of remaining variables were assessed through a series of successive statistical analyses: (1) simple Pearson’s
correlations, (2) partial correlations, and (3) hierarchical regression analyses. The results revealed that happiness and
self-esteem, while highly correlated (r = 0.58), presented unique patterns of relations with the other measured variables. The best predictors of happiness were
the following: mood and temperamental traits (i.e., extraversion and neuroticism), social relationships (lack of loneliness
and satisfaction with friendships), purpose in life, and global life satisfaction. By contrast, self-esteem was best predicted
by dispositions related to agency and motivation (i.e., optimism and lack of hopelessness). Implications for the understanding
of happiness and self-esteem are discussed. 相似文献
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Personal Values as Mitigating Factors in the Link Between Income and Life Satisfaction: Evidence from the European Social Survey 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Using data from the first two rounds of the European Social Survey, we examine the link between income, reference income and
life satisfaction across Western Europe. We find that whilst there is a strong positive relationship between income and life
satisfaction, reference or comparison income exerts a strong negative influence. Interestingly, our results confirm the importance
of personal values and beliefs not only as predictors of subjective well-being, but also as mitigating factors in the relationship
between income, reference income and life satisfaction. While our findings provide additional empirical support for the relative
utility hypothesis, they are also consistent with Rojas’ (J Econ Psychol 28:1–14, 2007) Conceptual-Referent-Theory (CRT), which is based on the premise that the salience of income and comparison income depends on one’s intrinsic values
and personal beliefs.
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Yannis GeorgellisEmail: |
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Quality of Life of Some Under-Represented Survey Respondents: Youth, Aboriginals and Unemployed 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Examining an aggregated sample (N=8800) of residents who responded to one of 16 surveys undertaken in Prince George, British Columbia in the period from November
1997 to February 2005, it was found that satisfaction with the quality of life of unemployed residents is lower than that
of residents with Aboriginal backgrounds and that satisfaction with the quality of life of the latter is still lower than
that of young people. Nevertheless, satisfaction with the quality of life of young people was significantly lower than that
of the total sampled population, as well as that of the selected mid-life and retirement groups. Regarding predictors of our
three global dependent variables (satisfaction with life as a whole and with the overall quality of life, and happiness) for
the three groups (unemployed, Aboriginals and youth) and the total population, we found that the Aboriginal group was most
different from all others. Satisfaction with one’s own self-esteem was the most influential predictor of each global indicator
for every group except Aboriginal residents. For the latter, self-esteem satisfaction was only the strongest predictor of
satisfaction with the overall quality of life. The strongest predictor of life satisfaction for the Aboriginal group was satisfaction
with friendships, and there were two domain satisfaction scores tied (friendships and living partner) for most influential
predictors of happiness. Self-esteem satisfaction ranked second in strength of influence on Aboriginal happiness and life
satisfaction. 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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Well-Being and Social Capital: Does Suicide Pose a Puzzle? 总被引:3,自引:2,他引:1
John F. Helliwell 《Social indicators research》2007,81(3):455-496
This paper has a double purpose: to see how well Durkheim’s [1897, Le Suicide (Paris: 1e edition)] findings apply a century later, and to see if the beneficial effects of social capital on suicide prevention are
parallel to those already found for subjective well-being (Helliwell 2003, Economic Modelling 20(2), pp. 331–360). The results
show that more social capital and higher levels of trust are associated with lower national suicide rates, just as they are
associated with higher levels of subjective well-being. Furthermore, there is a strong negative correlation between national
average suicide rates and measures of life satisfaction. Thus social capital does appear to improve well-being, whether measured
by higher average values of life satisfaction or by lower average suicide rates. There is a slight asymmetry, since the very
high Scandinavian measures of subjective well-being are not matched by equally low suicide rates. To take the Swedish case
as an example, this asymmetry is explained by Sweden having particularly high values of variables that have more weight in
explaining life satisfaction than suicide (especially quality of government), and less beneficial values of variables that
have more influence in explaining suicide rates (Swedes have low belief in God and high divorce rates), because with the latest
data and models the Swedish data fit the well-being and suicide equations with only tiny errors. If the international suicide
data pose a puzzle, it is more because suicide rates, and their estimated equations, differ greatly by gender, while life
satisfaction and its explanations are similar for men and women. 相似文献
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This paper aims at investigating empirically the relationship between self-declared satisfaction with life and an individual’s
well-being as measured by the indices of deprivation and social exclusion proposed in the income distribution literature.
Results on European countries show that life satisfaction decreases with an increase in deprivation and exclusion after controlling
for individual’s income, relative income and other influential factors in a multivariate setting. 相似文献
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Elvira Cicognani Luca Pietrantoni Luigi Palestini Gabriele Prati 《Social indicators research》2009,94(3):449-463
This study, involving a sample of 764 emergency workers, investigates dimensions of quality of life at work (Compassion fatigue,
Burnout and Compassion satisfaction), and their relationships with Coping strategies and some psychosocial variables (Sense
of Community, Collective Efficacy and Self-efficacy). Results indicate the usefulness of distinguishing between positive and
negative indicators of emergency workers’ quality of life. Compassion satisfaction is positively correlated with efficacy
beliefs, Sense of Community and the use of Active coping strategies. Burnout and Compassion fatigue are especially correlated
with the use of dysfunctional coping strategies like distraction and self-criticism. Volunteer emergency workers enjoy a higher
well being than full-time professional workers. Results and their implications for interventions aimed at increasing rescue
workers’ quality of life by enhancing psychosocial competences are discussed. 相似文献
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The primary purpose of this study was to determine whether cultural orientations which were pervasive and salient in the society
of SMEs’ entrepreneurs predict employees’ job satisfaction. Paternalism, collectivism, individualism, power distance, uncertainty
avoidance were assessed as pervasive and salient attributes for Turkish society. Data were gathered from 217 male SMEs entrepreneurs
and 1140 employees. The cultural orientations scales together with some questions related to the firms and demographics, and
job diagnostic index (JDI) with demographical questions were applied to entrepreneurs and employees, respectively. The findings
of this study revealed that paternalism, collectivism and power distance predicted employee job satisfaction significantly.
It was argued that the congruency between entrepreneurs’ cultural orientations and employees’ cultural background and expectations,
which was shaped by the organizational socialization process, might lead these results. 相似文献
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Economic Migration and Happiness: Comparing Immigrants’ and Natives’ Happiness Gains From Income 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
David Bartram 《Social indicators research》2011,103(1):57-76
Research on happiness casts doubt on the notion that increases in income generally bring greater happiness. This finding can
be taken to imply that economic migration might fail to result in increased happiness for the migrants: migration as a means
of increasing one’s income might be no more effective in raising happiness than other means of increasing one’s income. This
implication is counterintuitive: it suggests that migrants are mistaken in believing that economic migration is a path to
improving one’s well-being, at least to the extent that well-being means (or includes) happiness. This paper considers a scenario
in which it is less likely that migrants are simply mistaken in this regard. The finding that increased incomes do not lead
to greater happiness is an average (non)effect—and migrants might be exceptional in this regard, gaining happiness from increased
incomes to a greater extent than most people. The analysis here, using data from the World Values Survey, finds that the association
between income and happiness is indeed stronger for immigrants in the USA than for natives—but even for immigrants that association
is still relatively weak. The discussion then considers this finding in light of the fact that immigrants also report lower
levels of happiness than natives after controlling for other variables. 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