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This study was carried out for the purpose of explaining the mediating effects of a number of psychological variables (strategies for coping with stress, competitiveness, mastery, locus of control, depression and self-esteem) in the relationship between poverty and the well-being of individuals. To carry out the study, a non-probabilistic, stratified sample was used, with the participation of 918 inhabitants of Mexico City from three socioeconomic levels: extremely poor, moderately poor and not poor. A structural model was used for the analysis and treatment of data, and on the basis of that model, it was proven that there are different trajectories (mediations) through which poverty influences subjective well-being. The findings are discussed in light of the literature. 相似文献
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The current study assessed the subjective well-being of a broad spectrum of homeless people. One-hundred-and-eighty-six homeless
people from the streets of Calcutta (India), California, and a tent camp in Portland (Oregon) were interviewed, and responded
to measures of subjective well-being. They answered questions about life satisfaction, satisfaction with various life domains,
and their experience of positive and negative emotions. The mean rating of life satisfaction was slightly negative for both
American samples but positive for the pavement dwellers in Calcutta. Satisfaction with self-related domains was positive,
whereas satisfaction with material related domains was generally negative. Satisfaction with social domains appears to be
the area of largest variation among the groups. We discuss the importance of social factors and basic material needs as they
relate to overall subjective well-being of the homeless. 相似文献
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The intersection of dimensions of subjective well-being (SWB) generates SWB types. We delineated SWB types by cross-tabulating happiness and suffering ratings that participants attributed to outstandingly
meaningful periods in their life referred to as anchor periods. A sample of 499 older Israelis (age 58–94) was queried about two positive periods (the happiest, the most important) and
two negative periods (the most miserable, the most difficult). A variety of variables discriminated between the more frequent
congruous types of Happy (high happiness and low suffering) and Unhappy (low happiness and high suffering), but also presented the incongruous types of Inflated (high happiness and high suffering) and Deflated (low happiness and low suffering) as discriminable. Thus, women were more likely to be Inflated whereas men were more likely to be Deflated; low education related more to Happy in the happiest period and to Unhappy in the negative periods; present life satisfaction related more to Happy than to Unhappy in the positive, but not in the negative, periods; and Holocaust survivors were more likely to be Deflated and Unhappy in the negative, but not in the positive, periods. The study supported a differential perspective on SWB within people’s
narratives of their lives.
An erratum to this article is available at . 相似文献
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Quality of College Life (QCL) of Students: Developing and Validating a Measure of Well-Being 总被引:2,自引:2,他引:2
This paper reports a study designed to develop and validate a measure of quality of college life (QCL) of students. Using
a theoretical model based on a build-up approach to QCL, the authors provide an empirical examination of various hierarchical
components and their properties. The method is executed in two stages. The first stage is used to clarify the particular elements
for inclusion in the model. The second phase uses a sample of students drawn for the campuses of three major universities
in the United States. These samples were used to test several hypotheses regarding the model and its components. The results
generally provide support. Finally, the discussion centers on the value of the model in application by both university officials
and public policy officials in the at-large community. 相似文献
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In an effort to assess the level of community need and inform responsive resource allocation, Larimer County, Colorado developed a county-level index of well-being. This paper describes the development of that index including the selection of indicators and the methodology for scoring and presenting those indicators. We also present how the local community used the information and describe problems we found while aggregating indicators. Next, we show the results of evaluating our index using Hagerty et al.’s (2001, Social Indicators Research 55, pp. 1–96) 14 criteria for determining validity and usefulness of quality of life indices. The Larimer County index performed above both the “satisfactory” rating and the mean of the 22 indices evaluated using Hagerty et al.’s. We conclude that the Larimer County index is based on a solid approach that will be helpful to local policy makers. 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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Stephan Grzeskowiak M. Joseph Sirgy Dong-Jin Lee C. B. Claiborne 《Social indicators research》2006,79(3):503-541
Housing well-being refers to the home resident’s cumulative positive and negative affect associated with the purchase, preparation,
ownership, use, and maintenance of the current home, and the selling of the previous home. Housing well-being is assumed to
occur when the home is bought with the least amount of effort (purchase), the home is prepared for use to meet the needs of the new occupants (preparation), ownership signals status and enhances the home owner’s financial portfolio (ownership), the home serves the housing needs of the residents (use), the maintenance, renovation, and repair in the home are minimal, least costly, and effortless (maintenance), and the sale of the home is transacted with the least amount of effort and most financial gain (selling). Based on this conceptualization of housing well-being, we conducted an exploratory study to identify the sources of satisfaction
related to the purchase, preparation, ownership, use, and maintenance of the current home, and the selling of the previous
home. The exploratory study also helped us articulate a theoretical model describing the interrelationships among the housing
well-being constructs and their consequence: the perceived quality-of-life (QOL) impact of the home. The exploratory study
helped us also to develop survey measures, which in turn were validated through two additional studies involving surveys of
home owners in the US and Korea. 相似文献
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There is ongoing discussion in the scientific literature about the need for a more theoretical foundation to underpin quality
of life (QoL) measurement. This paper applied Keyes et al.’s [J. Pers. Soc. Psychol. 82 (2002) 1007] model of well-being as a framework to assess whether respondents (n = 136 students) focus on elements of subjective well-being (SWB), such as satisfaction and happiness, or on elements of psychological
well-being (PWB), such as meaning and personal growth, when making individual QoL (IQoL) judgments using the Schedue of the
Evaluation of Individual Quality of Life (SEIQoL). The Keyes et al.’s model was confirmed and explained 41% of the variance
in SEIQoL scores. Both SWB and PWB were correlated with the SEIQoL Index Score and SWB was found to be an important mediating
variable in the relationship between PWB and SEIQoL. When analyzing different well-being combinations, respondents with high
SWB/high PWB had significantly higher SEIQoL scores than did those with low SWB/low PWB. Respondents with high PWB/high SWB
had higher SEIQoL scores than did those with high PWB/low SWB. Longitudinal studies in different patient groups are needed
to explore the dynamic relationship between IQoL and well-being. Further investigation of the relationship between PWB and
SWB with other instruments purporting to measure QoL would contribute to an enhanced understanding of the underlying nature
of QoL. 相似文献
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Poverty and Subjective Well-being in Mexico 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Joaquina Palomar Lever 《Social indicators research》2004,68(1):1-33
There are two tendencies in the literatureregarding the relationship between income andsubjective well-being. The first tendencymaintains that there is a strong relationshipbetween these two variables, and that thepoorer the population, the more pronounced thisrelationship. The second tendency downplaysthis relationship, arguing that a largepercentage of happiness cannot be explained byeconomic variables. The objective of this studywas to compare the subjective well-being ofthree socioeconomic groups – extremely poor,moderately poor and not poor – and to discoverthe combination of subjective well-beingfactors that makes it possible to predict thesocioeconomic group to which subjects belong.Subjective well-being was measured by using aninstrument developed by Palomar Lever (2000) andconsisting of eleven related factors thatinquire into the subjects' satisfaction ineleven areas of life. The results indicatestatistically significant differences in nearlyall the subjective well-being factors inrelation to the socioeconomic group to whichsubjects belong, with the poorest subjectsreporting the least satisfaction. In additionsome differences were found in relation to sexand age. Also, low correlations were observedbetween income and subjective well-being in theextremely poor and moderately poor groups, withmore of these correlations in the first group,followed by the last. Finally, it was foundthat membership in the socioeconomic groups canbe predicted by a combination of subjectivewell-being factors such as satisfaction withone's recreational activities, socialsurroundings, personal development and couplerelationship. 相似文献
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This paper reports on an effort to develop an Internet well-being measure for possible use by government agencies and industry
associations that are directly involved with the promulgation of the Internet. Such measures can help officials gauge the
social health of those Internet-related industries and institutional sectors, which in turn can guide the development of policies
to enhance the quality-of-life impact of the Internet. The Internet well-being measure is based on the theoretical notion
that the perception of the overall impact of the Internet on users of the Internet is determined by their perceptions of the
impact of the Internet in their life domains such as consumer life, work life, leisure life, social life, community life,
sensual life, among others. In turn, the perception of impact of the Internet in a given life domain (e.g., consumer life,
work life) is determined by perceptions of benefits and costs of the Internet within that domain. We conducted a focus group
to identify all the perceived benefits and costs within salient life domains of college students. We also conducted a thorough
literature search to identify studies that examined the quality-of-life impact of the Internet in a variety of life domains.
We then tested the nomological validity of the measure through two surveys at two major universities (one in the USA and the
other in Korea). The statistical analysis allowed us to identify those measurement items that are most predictive, and therefore
considered as nomologically valid. Policy implications of the study are discussed along with future research avenues. 相似文献
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Daniel F. Neff 《Social indicators research》2007,80(2):313-341
South Africa has one of the highest inequality levels in the world. In 1993, nearly half of the population were considered
poor. These poverty and inequality levels were and still are a legacy of South Africa’s colonial and apartheid past. Since
the end of apartheid, there has been a strong governmental effort to combat poverty and in this light a ‘social indicators
movement’ has emerged. The aim of this article is to contribute to the South African social indicators research in three ways:
Firstly, this article introduces ethnicity as a unit of analysis in the context of poverty and well-being. It is argued that
racial categorisations are not justifiable and in the case of South Africa hide valuable insights. The results of an exploratory
analysis suggest that ethnicity allows a more insightful analysis of poverty and well-being than race. Secondly, this article
introduces a multiple correspondence analysis (MCA) in the context of subjective well-being research. Many studies regarding
subjective well-being in South Africa use ordered probit regression models. It is argued here that these models are based
on false assumptions and that a MCA can be seen as a suitable alternative since it constitutes an assumption free model. Lastly,
the insights gained from the exploratory analysis are discussed. The MCA seems to show that subjective well-being can be regarded
as an outcome measure. Furthermore, it is argued that there are cultural differences (between the ethnic groups) regarding
subjective well-being. It seems that the ethnic groups in South Africa have different conceptions of well-being and that different
factors influence their subjective well-being assessments.
This work is partly based on a Master thesis from 2004 at the Institute for Development Policy and Management at the University
of Manchester. I am grateful for the intellectual guidance, the constant support and encouragement by Wendy Olsen and for
the comments on earlier drafts from Peter Edward, David A. Clark and two anonymous reviewers. 相似文献
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Testing for Measurement Invariance in the Satisfaction with Life Scale: A Comparison of Russians and North Americans 总被引:2,自引:3,他引:2
Kari L. Tucker Daniel J. Ozer Sonja Lyubomirsky Julia K. Boehm 《Social indicators research》2006,78(2):341-360
This study examined the comparability of Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) [Diener, Emmons, Larsen, & Griffin, 1985, Social Indicators Research, 34: 7–32] scores across U.S. and Russian student and community groups. Criteria for weak measurement invariance were met
when comparing U.S. and Russian groups (combining student and community samples). Criteria for weak and strong measurement
invariance were met when comparing the U.S. and Russian student samples. However, when comparing the U.S. and Russian community
samples, the results showed a significant statistic for a baseline model, indicating a lack of comparability across samples.
The costs of failing to meet criteria for weak, strong, and strict measurement invariance are discussed.
An erratum to this article is available at . 相似文献
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Eighty three people in the slums of Calcutta,India were interviewed, and responded toseveral measures of subjective well-being. Therespondents came from one of three groups:Those living in slum housing, sex workers(prostitutes) residing in brothels, andhomeless individuals living on the streets.They responded to questions about lifesatisfaction and satisfaction with various lifedomains, as well as to a memory recall measureof good and bad events in their lives. Whilethe mean rating of general life satisfactionwas slightly negative, the mean ratings ofsatisfaction with specific domains werepositive. The conclusion is that the slumdwellers of Calcutta generally experience alower sense of life satisfaction than moreaffluent comparison groups, but are moresatisfied than one might expect. This could bedue, in part, to the strong emphasis on socialrelationships and the satisfaction derived fromthem. 相似文献
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Measuring trends in child well-being: an evidence-based approach 总被引:6,自引:0,他引:6
Kenneth C. Land Vicki L. Lamb Sarah O. Meadows Ashley Taylor 《Social indicators research》2007,80(1):105-132
This paper first reviews the goals of the founding documents of the social indicators and quality-of-life movements of the
1960s and 1970s. It next describes the current state of knowledge with respect to the founding goals of this field. The focus
then turns to the topic of measuring changes in child and youth well-being in the United States over the past few decades.
In particular, the evidence-based approach used in the construction of the recently developed composite Child and Youth Well-Being
Index (CWI) is described. Some findings from the CWI regarding changes in child and youth well-being in the period 1975–2004
are reported. Trends in the CWI then are compared with data on trends in subjective well-being of high school seniors – similarities
of trends in these two series provide validating support for the interpretation of the CWI as an index of changes in the quality-of-life
of children and youth. Using data on some additional indicator series, most of which were initiated in the 1990s, an Expanded
CWI is then described. The qualitative pattern of change in the expanded CWI is shown to be similar to that of the basic CWI,
except that the expanded CWI shows a more pronounced decline in the early-1990s and a slower rate of improvement into the
early-2000s. The paper concludes with some possible directions for future work.
Revision of a paper presented at the Measuring Child Well-Being: The Pros and Cons of Composite Indices Session, American
Statistical Association Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, August 7–11, 2005. We thank Kristin Moore for useful comments. The
research on the Child and Youth Well-Being Index reported herein was supported by a grant from the Foundation for Child Development. 相似文献
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城市居家老年人主观生活质量评价及其影响因素研究 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
本文根据城市居家老人生活质量评价的若干指标,对上海城市居家老人分事件类别的主观满意度及其整体生活状况的满意度进行了实证分析.并运用Logistic回归分析研究城市居家老人各生活质量因素对整体生活主观满意度的影响。研究发现影响整体生活满意度评价的因素是多方面的,有经济状况因素、身体健康因素、心理健康因素、社会支持因素、婚姻状况、参与老年活动因素。 相似文献
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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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This paper reports the results of three studies designed to test the nomological validity of a consumer well-being (CWB) measure
in relation to personal transportation. The CWB measure was developed guided by the theoretical notion that the CWB in relation
to personal transportation vehicles is significantly enhanced when the consumption of the vehicle meets the full spectrum
of human developmental needs (i.e., safety, economic, family, social, esteem, actualization, knowledge, and aesthetics needs).
The nomological validity of the CWB measure was tested by exploring the various antecedents and consequences of the construct.
This was done in three separate studies in which the results of one study prompted further conceptual development and additional
testing. The overall findings of the three studies provided support for the nomological validity of the CWB measure. 相似文献
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Takayoshi Kusago 《Social indicators research》2007,81(1):79-102
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has been utilized by academics and policy makers to indicate the economic well-being of the people.
However, economic growth measures cannot capture fully the overall well-being of the people. This paper has tested quality
of economic growth in Japan after World War II as to whether it has brought about positive outcome in the well-being of its
citizens. Comparison between GDP and GPI (Genuine Progress Index) has revealed that GDP does not fit as well with people’s
life satisfaction trend as GPI. Prefecture-based rankings on GDP, Human Development Index (HDI) and Life Satisfaction have
shown that there are clear gaps between objective measures and subjective measures to indicate the overall well-being of the
people. Also, analysis on major determinants for people’s life satisfaction reveals that older people, women, non-employed
people, and those who live in subsidized housings felt satisfied with their life. 相似文献
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Quality of Work Life: Theoretical and Methodological Problems, and Presentation of a New Model and Measuring Instrument 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
Purpose: Ever since the concept of Quality of Work Life (QWL) was first used over 30 years ago, a range of definitions and theoretical
constructs have succeeded each other with the aim of mitigating the many problems facing the concept. A historical overview
of the concept of QWL is presented here. Given the lack of consensus concerning the solutions that have been developed to
date, a new definition of QWL is suggested, inspired by the research on a related concept, general Quality of Life (QOL) which,
as the literature shows, has faced the same conceptualization and definition problems as QWL. Based on the suggested definition
of QOL, a definition of QWL is provided and the measuring instrument that results therefrom (the Quality of Working Life Systemic
Inventory – QWLSI) is presented. Finally, the solutions that this model and measuring instrument provide for the above-mentioned
problems are discussed. 相似文献