Effect of Changes in Living Conditions on Well-Being: A Prospective Top–Down Bottom–Up Model |
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Authors: | Naoki Nakazato Ulrich Schimmack Shigehiro Oishi |
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Institution: | (1) Graduate School of Sociology, Kwansei Gakuin University, Nishinomiya, 1-155 Uegahara-Ichibancho, Nishinomiya Hyogo, 662-8501, Japan;(2) Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Mississauga (UTM), 3359 Mississauga Road North, Mississauga, ON, L5L 1C6, Canada;(3) Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, P.O. Box 400400, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4400, USA |
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Abstract: | Using the German Socio-Economic Panel, we examined life-satisfaction and housing satisfaction before and after moving (N = 3,658 participants from 2,162 households) with univariate and bivariate two-intercept two-slope latent growth models. The
main findings were (a) a strong and persistent increase in average levels of housing satisfaction, (b) no increase in average
life-satisfaction, (c) low stability in individuals’ level of housing satisfaction, and (d) high stability in individuals’
level of life-satisfaction. The results are discussed in the context of top–down and bottom–up models as well as adaptation
theories of well-being. We conclude that moving or living in a better home is unrelated to life-satisfaction judgments for
two reasons. First, housing makes a small contribution to life-satisfaction judgments. Second, positive effects of better
housing are undermined by the greater costs of living in a better home. The results provide no support for the prediction
of adaptation theory that shifting aspirations undermine the benefits of living in a better home. |
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