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Direct linkKapikiran, Necla Acun – Social Indicators Research, 2012
The main purpose of this study is to examine the mediator and moderator role of positive and negative affectivity variables on the relationship between optimism and life satisfaction in university students. 397 university students, ranging in age from 18 to 27 (M = 20.98), attending different departments of the Faculty of Education, at Pamukkale…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Life Satisfaction, Affective Behavior, College Students
Diener, Ed; Wirtz, Derrick; Tov, William; Kim-Prieto, Chu; Choi, Dong-won; Oishi, Shigehiro; Biswas-Diener, Robert – Social Indicators Research, 2010
Measures of well-being were created to assess psychological flourishing and feelings--positive feelings, negative feelings, and the difference between the two. The scales were evaluated in a sample of 689 college students from six locations. The Flourishing Scale is a brief 8-item summary measure of the respondent's self-perceived success in…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Measures (Individuals), Psychometrics, Student Attitudes
Blore, Jed D.; Stokes, Mark A.; Mellor, David; Firth, Lucy; Cummins, Robert A. – Social Indicators Research, 2011
The Subjective Wellbeing (SWB) literature is replete with competing theories detailing the mechanisms underlying the construction and maintenance of SWB. The current study aimed to compare and contrast two of these approaches: multiple discrepancies theory (MDT) and an affective-cognitive theory of SWB. MDT posits SWB to be the result of perceived…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Structural Equation Models, Personality Traits, Goodness of Fit
Proctor, Carmel; Linley, P. Alex; Maltby, John – Social Indicators Research, 2010
This study investigated the characteristics of adolescents reporting very high levels of life satisfaction. Participants (N = 410) were divided into three life satisfaction groups: very high (top 10%), average (middle 25%), and very low (lowest 10%). Results revealed that very happy youths had significantly higher mean scores on all included…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Adolescents, Student Characteristics, Social Indicators
Dockray, Samantha; Grant, Nina; Stone, Arthur A.; Kahneman, Daniel; Wardle, Jane; Steptoe, Andrew – Social Indicators Research, 2010
Measurement of affective states in everyday life is of fundamental importance in many types of quality of life, health, and psychological research. Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) is the recognized method of choice, but the respondent burden can be high. The day reconstruction method (DRM) was developed by Kahneman and colleagues ("Science,"…
Descriptors: Employed Women, Quality of Life, Evaluation Methods, Psychological Patterns
Schimmack, Ulrich; Schupp, Jurgen; Wagner, Gert G. – Social Indicators Research, 2008
Subjective well-being (SWB) has two components: affective well-being (AWB) and cognitive well-being (CWB). The present study demonstrated that AWB and CWB have are influenced by different factors in a nationally representative sample in Germany (N = 1053). Neuroticism was a stronger predictor of AWB than CWB. Unemployment and regional differences…
Descriptors: Unemployment, Children, Personality Traits, Social Indicators
Lyubomirsky, Sonja; Tkach, Chris; DiMatteo, Robin M. – Social Indicators Research, 2006
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…
Descriptors: Self Esteem, Psychological Patterns, Comparative Analysis, Employees
