Congruence between social values and implicit motives: effects on life satisfaction across three cultures

2006 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 305-324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Hofer ◽  
Athanasios Chasiotis ◽  
Domingo Campos
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Value Orientations ◽  
Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽  
Implicit Motives ◽  
Schwartz Value Survey ◽  
Adult Participants ◽  
Life Scale ◽  
Picture Story ◽  
The Relationship

This study examines the relationship between implicit motives for intimacy‐affiliation and power, explicit value orientations, and life satisfaction. The Satisfaction With Life Scale, the Schwartz Value Survey, and a bias‐free TAT‐type picture‐story‐test were administered to 319 adult participants in Cameroon, Costa Rica, and Germany. The stories were coded for motive imagery reflecting needs for intimacy‐affiliation and power. Based on motives associated with the domain intimacy‐affiliation, the results revealed that an alignment of implicit motives and self‐attributed values is associated with an enhanced life satisfaction across cultures. In contrast, no such relationship could be found for motives and values associated with the domain of power. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Adolescents' Core Self-Evaluations as Mediators of the Effect of Mindfulness on Life Satisfaction

2016 ◽  
Vol 44 (7) ◽  
pp. 1115-1122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianfeng Tan ◽  
Wu Yang ◽  
Hongwei Ma ◽  
Yulan Yu
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Chinese Adolescents ◽  
Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Life Scale ◽  
Positive Core ◽  
Core Self ◽  
The Relationship

We examined the mediating role of Chinese adolescents' core self-evaluations in the relationship between mindfulness and their life satisfaction. The participants (N = 436) completed the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale, the Core Self-Evaluations Scale, and the Satisfaction with Life Scale. The results suggested that greater life satisfaction was associated with higher levels of mindfulness and more positive core self-evaluations, and core selfevaluations were positively correlated with life satisfaction. The results of mediation analysis suggested that core self-evaluations partially mediated the relationship between mindfulness and life satisfaction of Chinese adolescents, implying that a higher level of mindfulness was correlated with more positive core self-evaluations, which were finally associated with greater life satisfaction. Together these results imply that enhancing the levels of mindfulness and encouraging positive core self-evaluations of adolescents will exert a significantly positive effect in promoting their well-being.

scholarly journals The relationship between adaptability and life satisfaction among ostomy patients

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fazel Dehvan ◽  
Monir Nobahar ◽  
Raheb Ghorbani ◽  
Reza Ghanei Gheshlagh ◽  
Masoomeh Najafi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽  
Demographic Information ◽  
Continuous Sampling ◽  
Life Scale ◽  
The Mean ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Functional Problems

Background & Aim: Ostomy surgery is used to provide a means of collecting waste through a channel. However, ostomy can produce functional problems and major changes in adaptability and life satisfaction among the patients. This study attempts to investigate the relationship between adaptability and life satisfaction among ostomy patients. Methods & Materials: This study is descriptive-correlational. 100 ostomy patients referring to Iran Ostomy Association were selected and studied using continuous sampling method and questionnaires of demographic information, Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), and Bell Adjustment Inventory (BAI). Results: The mean ± standard deviation of life satisfaction scores and adaptability scores were 16.8±4.4 (of 35) and 53.1±23.7, respectively. A positive and significant correlations were observed between life satisfaction and adjustment (r=0.597, p<0.001), and also adjustment dimensions, including home (r=0.585, p<0.001), health (r=0.611, p<0.001), social (r= 0.460, p<0.001), emotional (r=0.538, p<0.001) and occupational adjustment (r=0.380, p<0.001). Conclusion: According to the results, there was a positive and significant relationship between life satisfaction and adaptability. Thus, therapeutic department members have to help improve life satisfaction among ostomy patients by facilitating adaptability.

scholarly journals EFEK MEDIASI MAKNA HIDUP PADA HUBUNGAN ANTARA GRIT DAN KEPUASAN HIDUP PADA MAHASISWA

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Debora E Purba ◽  
Krisna Wardhana Djaling
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Meaning In Life ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽  
Life Questionnaire ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Life Scale ◽  
Meaning In Life Questionnaire ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract – The current study aimed at examining the relationship between grit and life satisfaction through meaning in life. Data were taken using online survey from university students in Depok city (N = 505). Variables were measured using The Grit Scale, Meaning in Life Questionnaire (MLQ), and Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS). Data were analyzed using simple mediation model on Hayes PROCESS macro on SPSS program. Results showed that grit was positively and significantly related with life satisfaction and meaning in life, respectively, and meaning in life positively and significantly related with life satisfaction. Lastly, meaning in life partially mediated the relationship between grit and life satisfaction. Abstrak — Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan tujuan mengetahui peran mediasi makna hidup pada hubungan antara grit dengan kepuasan hidup. Data diambil menggunakan survei online pada mahasiswa perguruan tinggi di Kota Depok (N = 505). Pengukuran variabel pada penelitian ini dilakukan dengan menggunakan The Grit Scale, Meaning in Life Questionnaire (MLQ), dan Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS). Analisis data dilakukan menggunakan model mediasi pada makro PROCESS dari Hayes. Temuan pada penelitian ini menunjukan bahwa grit berpengaruh secara positif pada kepuasan hidup dan makna hidup, kemudian makna hidup berpengaruh secara positif pada kepuasan hidup. Terakhir, makna hidup secara parsial memediasi hubungan grit dan kepuasan hidup.

scholarly journals The Investigation of the Relationship between Happiness Levels of the Faculty of Sports Sciences and the Levels of Life Satisfaction and Optimism

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 74
Author(s):  
Kenan Koç ◽  
Osman Pepe
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Prospective Teachers ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽  
Coaching Education ◽  
Life Scale ◽  
High Level ◽  
Sports Sciences ◽  
The Relationship

The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between happiness levels of university students with levels oflife satisfaction and optimism. The study sample consists of 318 freshmen, sophomore, junior, and senior studentsrandomly selected from the departments of Physical Education and Sports Teaching, Coaching Education, SportsManagement, and Recreation Education of Faculty of Sports Sciences, Erciyes University, Turkey.Happiness Scale, Satisfaction with Life Scale, and Life Orientation Scale, as well as “Personal Information Form”prepared by the researcher were used as the data collection tools for the purpose of this research.The data obtained from Personal Information Form, Happiness Scale, Satisfaction with Life Scale, and LifeOrientation Scale was analyzed statistically with SPSS 20.0 package program. Personal information and inventorytotal scores, as well as factor scores for the candidates, are given by determining the frequency (f) and percentage (%)values. To determine the relationship between the scores obtained from the scales, Pearson Product MomentCorrelation Analysis (r), and to determine whether obtained scores are predicting each other or not, multipleregression analysis (β) were applied.As a result, happiness was found to have a high-level positive relation with life satisfaction and optimism.Considering the psychological aspects of the curriculum applied to prospective teachers, increasing the level ofhappiness will contribute to educating more qualified teachers.

Self-Reinforcement, Gender-Role, and Sex of Participant in Prediction of Life Satisfaction

1997 ◽  
Vol 81 (2) ◽  
pp. 519-522 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana C. Seybolt ◽  
Mervyn K. Wagner
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Gender Role ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Sex Role ◽  
Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽  
Main Effect ◽  
Life Scale ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Relationship

There have been conflicting results regarding sex differences and gender role in predicting life satisfaction and no research assessing the relationship between life satisfaction and self-reinforcement. These relationships were evaluated by administering to 182 undergraduates the Bern Sex Role Inventory, the Satisfaction with Life Scale, and the Frequency of Self-reinforcement Questionnaire. A regression analysis showed significant effects for self-reinforcement and gender role in the prediction of life satisfaction. No main effect was found for sex of participant and there were no significant interactions. Scores on measures of self-reinforcement and life satisfaction were moderately correlated.

scholarly journals Impact of Social Support on Life Satisfaction among Adolescents

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohd. Ahamar Khan
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽  
Simple Linear Regression ◽  
Data Analyses ◽  
Life Scale ◽  
The Relationship

The aim of this study was to find out the relationship between social support and life satisfaction among adolescents. The sample consisted of N=80 participants. Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) developed by Zimet et al. (1988) and Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLF) prepared by Diener et al. (1985), were used to collect the data. The Simple Linear Regression and Pearson Correlation were used for data analyses. The findings of this study revealed that, there is positive and significant relationship between social support and life satisfaction of adolescents. Further this study indicates that social support influences life satisfaction of adolescents. This study may have its own significance in managing psychological distress and optimizing life satisfaction to adolescents at large.

scholarly journals Psychological Characteristics of Volunteers of Different Types of Activity

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 205-218
Author(s):  
A.E. Vorobieva ◽  
S.I. Skipor
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
Psychological Characteristics ◽  
Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽  
Emotional Empathy ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Life Scale ◽  
Empathy Scale ◽  
The Relationship

Objective. To study the relationship between the psychological characteristics of volunteers and the type of volunteer activity (helping people or homeless animals). Background. The normalization of the practice of volunteerism, the growth of the involvement of individuals in such activities require a thorough understanding of this phenomenon in order to better recruit and retain volunteers. On a number of characteristics of volunteers, the data are contradictory, volunteers with homeless animals were little studied, and there are few works devoted to comparing the types of volunteers. Study design. Groups of volunteers helping people or animals were compared based on activity motives, empathy, feelings of loneliness, and life satisfaction. Descriptive statistics, analysis of differences, contingency table were utilized. Participants. Volunteers working with people (n=71), average age 33.95 years (SD=11.23); of them 83.1% are women and 16.9% are men. Volunteers with stray animals (n=71), mean age 39.7 years (SD=9.05); of them 92.95% are women, 7.05% are men. Measurements. Russian-language versions of The Balanced Emotional Empathy Scale (Mehrabi¬an, Epstein), UCLA Loneliness Scale (Russell, Peplau, Ferguson), and The Satisfaction With Life Scale. To study motives, the author’s form is used, compiled according to the theory of motives by E.G. Clary. Results. Volunteers from both groups did not differ in characteristics: average level of emotional empathy, normal level of life satisfaction, low level of loneliness. Volunteers helping people are predomi¬nantly poly-motivated, while volunteers with animals are mono-motivated. Among volunteers with ani¬mals, individuals with the altruistic orientation prevail, among volunteers helping people — individuals who combine altruistic and egoistic orientations. Conclusions. Volunteers with animals are motivated altruistically, the motivation of volunteers helping people is variable and includes an egoistic component.

scholarly journals Life Satisfaction and Religiosity among College Teachers

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 186-190
Author(s):  
Yousaf Jamal
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽  
College Teachers ◽  
Religious Ritual ◽  
Religious Rituals ◽  
Life Scale ◽  
Muslim Religiosity ◽  
The Relationship

The present study aimed to explore the relationship between life satisfaction and religiosity among college teachers. Life satisfaction refers to cognitive and affective assessments of life. Religiosity refers to behavior, emotions, and thoughts which are derivative from beliefs about the sacred, associated with a particular religious ritual. A sample of 100 males and females college teachers was selected in a crosssectional survey research design. Muslim Religiosity Personality Inventory (MRPI) by Krauss (2011) and Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) by Diener (1985) were used to measure the religiosity and life satisfaction respectively. Permissions to use the scales have already obtained from authors. Data were collected from a convenient sample of 100 college teachers from district Gujrat. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) 20.0 version was used for statistical analyses. Findings of Pearson Product Moment Correlations revealed that life satisfaction is positively associated with religious rituals and maumalats at (p< .001 and p< .01 respectively). Multiple Hierarchal Regression Analysis showed that religious rituals and maumalats predict 29% variance on life satisfaction. The research has implementation that religiosity can play a vital role in life satisfaction of male and female college teachers.

Life Satisfaction and Mental Health in Chinese Adults

2013 ◽  
Vol 41 (10) ◽  
pp. 1597-1604 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuhui Bao ◽  
Weigang Pan ◽  
Mei Shi ◽  
Ming Ji
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
General Health Questionnaire ◽  
Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽  
Chinese Adults ◽  
Financial Status ◽  
Life Scale ◽  
Psychological Predictor ◽  
The Relationship

We examined the relationship between life satisfaction (LS) and mental health (MH) in a sample of 397 Chinese adults. Participants completed the Chinese version of the Satisfaction with Life Scale and the Chinese General Health Questionnaire. Results revealed that those who perceived themselves to have good financial status reported higher LS and sense of adequacy, and lower anxiety than did those who did not. In addition, LS was significantly correlated with MH, and sense of adequacy was the strongest psychological predictor of LS. These findings suggest that LS and MH are directly associated with perceived financial status, and MH may mediate or moderate the association between PFS and LS.

scholarly journals Paranoid and conspiracy beliefs: The role of anxiety and life satisfaction

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Veronika Pekárová
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Anxiety Disorders ◽  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽  
Anxiety Trait ◽  
Life Scale ◽  
Conspiracy Beliefs ◽  
The Relationship

This study aimed to examine the relationship between paranoid and conspiracy beliefs and how these beliefs further relate to anxiety-trait, anxiety disorders, and satisfaction with life. The research was attended by 814 participants who were administered the Paranoia Scale, the Slovak Conspiracy Belief Scale, the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, and the Satisfaction With Life Scale. The results suggest that paranoid beliefs were associated with conspiracy beliefs, anxiety-trait, and life satisfaction. All of the variables together accounted for almost 40% of the variance of paranoid beliefs. In addition, the presence of anxiety disorders had a relatively strong effect on the level of paranoid beliefs. However, life satisfaction and anxiety-trait were not related to conspiracy beliefs. These results suggest the more attention should be drawn to mental health as both anxiety level and life satisfaction, along with conspiracy beliefs significantly predicted paranoid beliefs.

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