CONCEPTUALIZING SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING AND ITS MANY DIMENSIONS – IMPLICATIONS FOR DATA COLLECTION IN OFFICIAL STATISTICS AND FOR POLICY RELEVANCE

This article aims to redress the lack of longitudinal studies on adolescents’ subjective well-being (SWB) and highlight the relevance of knowledge deriving from such research in designing public policies for improving their health and wellbeing in accordance with the stage of development they are in. To achieve this, the evolution of SWB during early adolescence (in adolescents aged between 10 and 14 in the first data collection) was explored over a five year period, considering boys and girls together and separately. This involved comparing different SWB scales and contrasting results when considering the year of data collection versus the cohort (year of birth) participants belonged to. The methodology comprised a generalized linear mixed model using the INLA (Integrated Nested Laplace Approximation) estimation within a Bayesian framework. Results support the existence of a decreasing-with-age trend, which has been previously intuited in cross-sectional studies and observed in only a few longitudinal studies and contrasts with the increasing-with-age tendency observed in late adolescence. This decrease is also found to be more pronounced for girls, with relevant differences found between instruments. The decreasing-with-age trend observed when the year of data collection is taken into account is also observed when considering the cohort, but the latter provides additional information. The results obtained suggest that there is a need to continue studying the evolution of SWB in early adolescence with samples from other cultures; this, in turn, will make it possible to establish the extent to which the observed decreasing-with-age trend among early adolescents is influenced by cultural factors.

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Controlling for Selection Bias in Social Media Indicators through Official Statistics: a Proposal

Journal of Official Statistics ◽

10.2478/jos-2020-0017 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 36 (2) ◽

pp. 315-338

Author(s):

Stefano M. Iacus ◽

Giuseppe Porro ◽

Silvia Salini ◽

Elena Siletti

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Selection Bias ◽

Well Being ◽

Reference Population ◽

Regional Level ◽

Subjective Well Being ◽

Estimation Model ◽

Official Statistics ◽

Media Usage ◽

Survey Statistics

AbstractWith the increase of social media usage, a huge new source of data has become available. Despite the enthusiasm linked to this revolution, one of the main outstanding criticisms in using these data is selection bias. Indeed, the reference population is unknown. Nevertheless, many studies show evidence that these data constitute a valuable source because they are more timely and possess higher space granularity. We propose to adjust statistics based on Twitter data by anchoring them to reliable official statistics through a weighted, space-time, small area estimation model. As a by-product, the proposed method also stabilizes the social media indicators, which is a welcome property required for official statistics. The method can be adapted anytime official statistics exists at the proper level of granularity and for which social media usage within the population is known. As an example, we adjust a subjective well-being indicator of “working conditions” in Italy, and combine it with relevant official statistics. The weights depend on broadband coverage and the Twitter rate at province level, while the analysis is performed at regional level. The resulting statistics are then compared with survey statistics on the “quality of job” at macro-economic regional level, showing evidence of similar paths.

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Disability and Life Satisfaction Scale

Amadeus International Multidisciplinary Journal ◽

10.14295/aimj.v2i3.15 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 2 (3) ◽

pp. 3

Author(s):

Gislene Farias de Oliveira ◽

Thércia Lucena Grangeiro Maranhão ◽

Hermes Melo Teixeira Batista ◽

Symara Abrantes Albuquerque de Oliveira Cabral

Keyword(s):

Life Satisfaction ◽

Data Collection ◽

Older People ◽

Well Being ◽

Study Data ◽

Demographic Variables ◽

Subjective Well Being ◽

Global Measure ◽

Satisfaction Scale ◽

Life Satisfaction Scale

Life Satisfaction is a significant indicator of subjective well-being. It is assessed as a single, global measure or as a reference related to important areas of life, such as family and work. Assessing life satisfaction in people with special needs and verifying how this construct correlates with demographic variables such as gender, age and schooling, for example, was the objective of this study. Data collection was performed through a questionnaire with a Life Satisfaction Scale. The sample consisted of 48 people from Juazeiro do Norte in Ceará, aged 14-71, mostly male (60.4%). The results revealed that in 70.9% of respondents believe that their life is close to ideal in most aspects and that 72.9% agree that they are satisfied with their lives as it is. 41.7% reported that the conditions of their lives are excellent. Men said they were more satisfied with life than women, as well as older people and more religious people. Conclusion: This study demonstrated that the loss of certain abilities, such as walking for example, does not seem to cause great changes in the feeling of life satisfaction in the studied population.

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Motivos, personalidad y bienestar subjetivo en el voluntariado

Anales de Psicología ◽

10.6018/analesps.31.3.180921 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 31 (3) ◽

pp. 791 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Marcial Cabrera-Darias ◽

Rosario J. Marrero-Quevedo

Keyword(s):

Life Satisfaction ◽

Data Collection ◽

Negative Affect ◽

Personality Traits ◽

Life Experiences ◽

Well Being ◽

Subjective Well Being ◽

Personal Traits ◽

On Line ◽

Paper And Pencil

In this study, the aim was to analyze the relationships between individuals’ motivation for to participate in volunteering, personality traits and subjective well-being. Data collection was conducted through paper-and-pencil and on-line tests. A total of 153 adults, aged 17-65 years old, completed the instruments. The results showed that previous motivations differed between the two groups of volunteers. Correlational analyzes indicated that motivations, as requested by the organization, personal circumstances or life experiences, were associated with life satisfaction and negative affect in on-line volunteers; whereas that to do something useful or feelings of peace were the motives associated to well-being for volunteers who completed the test in paper and pencil. Personality traits, mainly neuroticism, showed more consistent relationships with well-being that the motivations in both groups of volunteers. Regression analyzes indicated that the facets of extraversion, gregariousness, warmth and activity were the strongest predictors of well-being for the volunteers who made the tests on paper and pencil; whereas that the facet of conscientiousness discipline and the emotional stability predicted well-being for the volunteers who completed the test on-line. These findings suggest that there are different profiles of volunteers that could be determining their participation in various activities or collectives. In addition, personal traits have shown to have a greater effect on well-being that the motivations to participate in volunteering.

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Linking Wise Organizations to Wise Leadership, Job Satisfaction, and Well-Being

Frontiers in Communication ◽

10.3389/fcomm.2021.685850 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 6 ◽

Author(s):

Monika Ardelt ◽

Bhavna Sharma

Keyword(s):

Job Satisfaction ◽

Data Collection ◽

Customer Service ◽

Time Pressure ◽

Well Being ◽

Path Model ◽

Societal Implications ◽

Employee Productivity ◽

Subjective Well Being ◽

Employee Job Satisfaction

Objective: Research shows that wisdom benefits individuals, but is this also true for organizations? To answer this question, we first delineated the characteristics of wise and not-so-wise organizations in the areas of goals, approach, range, characteristics of leaders and employees, and perception of aging, using a framework derived from comparing wisdom with intellectual knowledge. Guided by this framework, we then tested whether wise organizations have a positive effect on employees’ physical and subjective well-being mediated by wise leadership and job satisfaction.Method: We created a wise organization index for nine organizations from the 2007–2008 Age and Generations Study based on 74 to 390 average employees’ ratings of perceived work opportunities for training and development, flexibility at work, absence of time pressure at work, work-life balance, satisfaction with work benefits, job security, and job opportunities. A mediated path model was analyzed to test the hypothesis. The sample contained 821 employees (age range 19–74 years; M = 41.98, SD = 12.26) with valid values on wise (fair and supportive) leadership at the first wave of data collection and employee job satisfaction (career as calling, satisfaction with career progress, engagement at work, and organizational commitment) and physical and subjective well-being at the second wave of data collection at least 6 months later.Findings: Results confirmed that the positive associations between the organizations’ overall wisdom index and employees’ physical and subjective well-being scores at Wave 2 was mediated by employees’ perception of wise leadership at Wave 1 and employee job satisfaction at Wave 2.Originality/value: This study fills a gap in the organizational wisdom literature by 1) systematically contrasting the characteristics of wise organizations with not-so-wise organizations, 2) creating a novel wise organization index, and 3) testing the effects of wise organizations and wise leadership on employees’ job satisfaction and physical and subjective well-being.Practical and societal implications: The results suggest that wise organizations encourage wise leadership, and wise leadership, in turn, fosters job satisfaction, which benefits employees’ physical and subjective well-being. Hence, wise organizations ultimately enhance workers’ well-being, which likely contributes to the success and reputation of the organization through higher employee productivity and better customer service.

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SELF ESTEEM TERHADAP SUBJECTIVE WELL BEING PADA BURUH SOPIR PENGANGKUT PETI KEMAS

Jurnal Ilmiah Psyche ◽

10.33557/jpsyche.v14i2.1226 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 14 (2) ◽

pp. 103-114

Author(s):

Windy Febi Aulia

Keyword(s):

Data Collection ◽

Correlation Coefficient ◽

Positive Relationship ◽

Well Being ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Subjective Well Being ◽

Container Transportation ◽

Data Collection Tool ◽

The Subject ◽

Correlation Techniques

This study aims to determine whether or not there is a relationship between self esteem and subjective well being on driver workers in container transportation PT. Tri Trans Wijaya Palembang. The population of this study is all container driver PT. Tri Trans Wijaya Palembang totaling 46 people. The data collection tool used in this study is the scale of self esteem and the scale of subjective well being. This analysis using correlation techniques from Pearson's product moment. The researcher didn’t use sample techniques but used populat ion techniques because the population was 46 container drivers PT. Tri Trans Wijaya which all the drivers become the subject of this study. The results from this study showed that there was a positive relationship between Subjective Well Being and self esteem in container drivers PT. Tri Trans Wijaya Palembang. This relationship is indicated by the r-count correlation coefficient of 0,375 and r-table of 0.291. Thus r-count> r-table. This result informs that the more precisely self esteem, the higher the subjective well being will be, and vice versa. The conclusion in this study showed there is a relationship between self esteem and subjective well being on on driver workers in container transportation PT. Tri Trans Wijaya.

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HUBUNGAN ANTARA SELF EFFICACY DENGAN SUBJECTIVE WELL BEING PADA MAHASISWA BARU DI ETNIS TIMUR (IKMASTI) DI SALATIGA

Jurnal Basicedu ◽

10.31004/basicedu.v4i1.284 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 103-109

Author(s):

Junaldi Bistolen ◽

M Erna Setianingrum

Keyword(s):

Data Collection ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Well Being ◽

Eastern Region ◽

Student Life ◽

Subjective Well Being ◽

Albert Bandura ◽

The Relationship ◽

Scale Data

Education is one of the important needs for people in living their lives. In the eastern region of NTT, education has started to become a top priority, many students choose to migrate to get a good education, but in the transition and overseas life when students are unsure of their abilities, it will have an impact on student life satisfaction in overseas areas and lectures. This research aims to determine the relationship between self efficacy and subjective well-being in ethnic Ikmasti students in Salatiga, this study uses a sampling technique saturated with participants involved 60 people taken from Ikmasti students. Data collection was carried out for 1 week. The self efficacy variable was composed by Albert Bandura (1997) consisting of 40 items and subjective well-being Diener (1984) and Watson & Telegen (1988) consisting of 40 items. The method used in this study for data collection uses a scale method, namely the scale of self efficacy and subjective well-being scale. Data analysis using product moment correlation analysis techniques and the results obtained by correlation coefficient 0.525 with sig. = 0,000 (p ˂ 0,001). The results showed a positive relationship between self-efficacy and subjective well-being in ethnic Ikmasti students in Salatiga.

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Reflections on the Introduction of Official Measures of Subjective Well-Being in the United Kingdom

Measuring Well-Being ◽

10.1093/oso/9780197512531.003.0003 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 51-69

Author(s):

Paul V. Allin

Keyword(s):

United Kingdom ◽

Public Opinion ◽

Media Coverage ◽

Well Being ◽

Objective Measures ◽

Subjective Well Being ◽

Official Statistics ◽

National Statistics ◽

The United Kingdom ◽

Thinking Differently

From 2011 onward, surveys by the UK’s national statistics office have included four subjective well-being questions. This is specifically so that summary statistics about subjective well-being inform a broader assessment of national well-being along with other, largely objective measures, as well as anticipating policy needs. This chapter reviews how and why the four questions were chosen. The author focuses on their “practical utility,” a concept fundamental to all official statistics. He reports some progress in policy take-up of well-being statistics, though little media coverage, and a lack of evidence about whether people are thinking differently about their goals and their well-being based on well-being measures. Official statisticians must engage more with politics, policy, businesses, academia, and public opinion, thereby helping to stimulate demand for their outputs, including well-being measures. The author also questions how national well-being measures can be determined nationally while benefitting from international cooperation and standards.

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Covid-19 in Slovakia: Economic, social and psychological factors of subjective well-being and depressive symptoms during a pandemic

Ceskoslovenska psychologie ◽

10.51561/cspsych.65.2.125 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 65 (2) ◽

pp. 125-145

Author(s):

Jozef Džuka ◽

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Zuzana Klučárová ◽

Peter Babinčák

Keyword(s):

Depressive Symptoms ◽

Data Collection ◽

Negative Relationship ◽

Well Being ◽

Subjective Well Being ◽

Positive Reappraisal ◽

Just World ◽

Affective Component ◽

Personal Belief ◽

Multiple Variables

Objectives and hypotheses. It was expected that income and its rate of deterioration as an economic factor, insufficient opportunities to talk to others and subjective feelings of isolation as social variables, and worries about income impairment, worries related to Covid-19, low tolerance of uncertainty, rumination, and catastrophizing as psychological variables, will reduce the frequency of positive experiencing, increase the frequency of negative experiencing and the number of depressive symptoms. On the other hand, personal belief in a just world and a positive reappraisal were expected to positively affect the research variables. Sample and settings. The online data collection was carried out at the end of April 2020 at the peak of the number of people affected by the disease in Slovakia. It was a stratified selection of N = 1108 persons, taking into account the proportional representation of persons from the territory of the whole republic. Statistical analysis. Variable relationships were tested using PLS-SEM (Partial Least Squares – SEM). This procedure was preferred for three reasons: the exploratory nature of complex models, the predictive orientation of models, and the measurement of multiple variables with one-item questioning. Results. Three predictors out of 16 tested had a positive relationship to the frequency of positive experiencing as an affective component of subjective well-being – subjectively assessed health, personal belief in a just world, and a positive reappraisal; rumination was in a negative relationship. Six predictors were related to the frequency of negative experiencing as an affective component of subjective well-being and to symptoms of depression – in addition to the four mentioned above, it was age and worries about income impairment: with higher age, the frequency of negative experiencing and the number of depressive symptoms decreased, and a positive relation had also variables: subjective assessment of health, personal belief in a just world and a positive reappraisal. Worries about income impairment and rumination had a relationship to the frequency of negative experiencing and depressive symptoms. Study limitations. Cross sectional research did not provide information on changes in the affective component of subjective well-being and depressive symptoms of the Slovak population as a result of the pandemic, as the obtained data could not be compared with the results of the same participants from the period before the pandemic. Although this research can be considered representative in several aspects, the validity of the findings is limited by the fact that no specific groups were included in the sample – e.g. the most vulnerable groups were medical staff and the elderly over 70 years of age. Also, those who were ill or suspected of having Covid-19 were excluded from the analysis. Finally, data collection via the Internet presupposes a certain standard of living of respondents.

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Conflict Avoidance in Old Age

GeroPsych ◽

10.1024/1662-9647/a000168 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 30 (2) ◽

pp. 61-70 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Lia Oberhauser ◽

Andreas B. Neubauer ◽

Eva-Marie Kessler

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

Perceived Social Support ◽

Well Being ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Conflict Avoidance ◽

Subjective Well Being ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Adult Lifespan ◽

Set Up

Abstract. Conflict avoidance increases across the adult lifespan. This cross-sectional study looks at conflict avoidance as part of a mechanism to regulate belongingness needs ( Sheldon, 2011 ). We assumed that older adults perceive more threats to their belongingness when they contemplate their future, and that they preventively react with avoidance coping. We set up a model predicting conflict avoidance that included perceptions of future nonbelonging, termed anticipated loneliness, and other predictors including sociodemographics, indicators of subjective well-being and perceived social support (N = 331, aged 40–87). Anticipated loneliness predicted conflict avoidance above all other predictors and partially mediated the age-association of conflict avoidance. Results suggest that belongingness regulation accounts may deepen our understanding of conflict avoidance in the second half of life.

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