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Direct linkWu, Chia-Huei; Tsai, Ying-Mei; Chen, Lung Hung – Social Indicators Research, 2009
This study proposes three mediation pathways to explain how the positive views (perceived control, optimism and self-enhancement) proposed by Cummins and Nistico (Journal of Happiness Studies 3:37-69 2002) maintain life satisfaction. The three pathways were enhancing self-esteem, reducing have-want discrepancy and changing importance perceptions.…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Structural Equation Models, Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students
Wu, Chia-Huei; Yao, Grace – Social Indicators Research, 2006
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;…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Life Satisfaction, Weighted Scores, Correlation
