Place of Work and Level of Satisfaction with the Lives of Polish Nurses

Practicing as a nurse may be a factor influencing the overall level of satisfaction with life. The aim of the study was to assess the level of satisfaction with nurses’ lives in relation to the place of employment. The research was conducted among nurses working in hospitals, primary health care, and outpatient specialist care. The study was carried out with the use of the satisfaction with life scale (SWLS) scale. Statistical analysis included a quantitative and qualitative approach to life satisfaction of the nurses surveyed. The impact of independent variables, measured on nominal (qualitative) scales on the results of the SWLS scale in quantitative terms, was assessed using one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). Pairwise comparisons were assessed with the assumption of equality of variance with the Tukey honestly significant difference test. The level of satisfaction with life of the surveyed nurses was average. The place where nurses worked significantly influenced the level of life satisfaction. Nurses working in a hospital had a high level of satisfaction with life more so than nurses working in primary care or outpatient specialist care. The workplace is a factor that significantly differentiates the level of life satisfaction of the surveyed nurses.

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Happiness and Satisfaction after 1 Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Journal of Southwest Jiaotong University ◽

10.35741/issn.0258-2724.56.2.10 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 56 (2) ◽

pp. 111-123

Author(s):

Diena Dwidienawati ◽

David Tjahjana ◽

Dyah Gandasari ◽

M. Faisal

Keyword(s):

Life Satisfaction ◽

Satisfaction With Life ◽

Human Life ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Well Being ◽

Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽

Satisfaction Scale ◽

Life Scale ◽

One Year ◽

The Impact

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is on human health and other aspects of human life. The government's most common action to prevent the spread of the infection is mobility restriction. The implication of this mobility restriction is the limitation of social activities can be done. Mobility restriction was implemented in Jakarta and its surrounding cities and impacted more than 20 million people. The previous study showed that mobility restriction impacted people's happiness and life satisfaction. After one year of COVID-19 measure implementation, is the adaption effect applied? This study aims to see whether, after one year of the COVID-19 pandemic, people are starting to adapt, and their well-being level is improving compared to the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. A survey was conducted in February - March 2021. Happiness and satisfaction with life were measured using the Subjective Happiness Scale and Satisfaction with Life Scale. The reliability and validity of measures were analyzed with SPSS. The study reveals that the participant's happiness level was only slightly happy, and the level of satisfaction was only slightly satisfied. The participants claim that their happiness has deteriorated during mobility restriction (58%). Fifty-eight percent felt their satisfaction has deteriorated. The student's group is shown as the most impacted group in their happiness and life satisfaction scale.

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The Coach-Athlete Relationship and School Experience as the Determinant of Sports-Specific Life Satisfaction

10.31219/osf.io/y7gbq ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Mustafa Barış Somoğlu ◽

Ömer Faruk YAZICI

Keyword(s):

Life Satisfaction ◽

High School Students ◽

Satisfaction With Life ◽

Personal Information ◽

Pearson Correlation ◽

School Experiences ◽

Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽

School Students ◽

Significant Difference ◽

High Level

The present study is aimed at determining coach athlete relationships, perceived school experiences and sports life satisfaction levels of athlete high school students and to examine the levels based on certain variables. The sample of the research consisted of a total of 306 students, 117 (38.2%) male and 189 (61.8%) female, who continued their education at different high schools in Trabzon in the 2019-2020. "Personal Information Form" designed by the researcher, “The Coach-Athlete Relationship Questionnaire (CART-Q),” “The Sport-Specific Satisfaction with Life Scale (SSWLS)” and “Perceived School Experiences Scale (PSES)” were used as data collection tools in the research. In the statistical method of the study, descriptive statistics, t-test, pearson correlation tests and regression tests were used. In the research findings, while there was a significant difference in the sub-dimensions of the coach-athlete relationship and sportive life satisfaction according to gender, no significant difference was found in the perceived school experiences. A significant difference was found in all scales and sub-dimensions according to the status of playing in the school team. As a result, a high level of positive correlation was found between the coach-athlete relationship and sportive life satisfaction, and between perceived school experiences and sportive life satisfaction. In addition, another important result is that the coach-athlete relationship (51%) and school experiences (32%) have important roles in predicting the satisfaction with sportive life.

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What do you really want? Change in goals and life satisfaction during Emerging Adulthood in Brazil

Revista Latinoamericana de Psicología ◽

10.14349/rlp.2021.v53.4 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 53 ◽

Author(s):

Susana Núñez Rodriguez ◽

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Luciana Dutra-Thomé ◽

Silvia Helena Koller ◽

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Keyword(s):

Life Satisfaction ◽

Emerging Adults ◽

Satisfaction With Life ◽

Developmental Stages ◽

Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽

Extrinsic Goals ◽

Intrinsic Goals ◽

Demographic Questionnaire ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Life Scale

Aim and Introduction: The aim of this study was to investigate how different types of goals may affect the satisfaction in life of Brazilian emerging adults in different developmental stages and, what characteristics they associate with adulthood. Method: Participants were 970 Brazilian youth aged from 18 to 30 years old (M = 22.8; SD = 3.4). The instruments we used were a socio-demographic questionnaire, the Aspiration Index and the Satisfaction with Life Scale. We performed a descriptive statistical analysis to elicit the characteristics related with becoming an adult, as well as ANOVAs to test if there was a difference between the endorsement of intrinsic or extrinsic goals based on sociodemographic characteristics; and if there was a difference, did it affect their satisfaction with life. Results: Results showed that the most important characteristic to be considered an adult was to be financially independent and to be responsible for oneself, while the least important were to be married and to have children. There was a significant difference in the importance participants gave to intrinsic goals based on sex and age. Consistently with previous research, we found that giving greater importance to intrinsic goals had a positive and significant effect on life satisfaction. However, different sets of goals were deemed important according to the developmental stage youth were in, and these changes had in turn a significant effect on life satisfaction. Conclusions: Finally, we found that prioritizing intrinsic goals contributes to greater life satisfaction in general. This study acknowledges that there are individual and contextual factors that may propel youth to choose their goals in order to attend these demands, regardless of their impact on life satisfaction.

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Relational variables predicting life satisfaction in pregnant womenGebelerde yaşam doyumunu yordayan ilişkisel değişkenler

Journal of Human Sciences ◽

10.14687/ijhs.v13i1.3424 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

pp. 318

Author(s):

Hatice Kumcağız

Keyword(s):

Life Satisfaction ◽

Pregnant Women ◽

Satisfaction With Life ◽

Personal Information ◽

Coping Styles ◽

Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽

Stress Coping ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Life Scale

The study aims at examining whether life satisfaction of pregnant women is predicted by their stress coping styles, being understood/not understood by their husbands, and intentional/unintentional conception. This cross-sectional study was conducted on 260 pregnant women living in two districts of Province Samsun who had self-reportedly no psychiatric problems. Data collection tools used in the study include a personal information form to determine sociodemographic characteristics of pregnant women, the Ways of Coping Questionnaire to determine stress coping styles, and the Satisfaction with Life Scale to determine level of life satisfaction. As the assumption of normality was not met (p<0.05), the use of non-parametric tests was considered necessary; and thus the study used Spearman's rank correlation coefficient to find the relationship between two variables, and the Mann–Whitney U test to test whether there is a significant difference between two variables. A significant negative correlation was found between life satisfaction and submissive and helpless coping styles which are the subscales of the Satisfaction with Life Scale. The study found that life satisfaction of pregnant women was predicted by their stress coping styles, being understood/not understood by their husbands, and intentional/unintentional conception. ÖzetBu araştırmanın amacı gebelerin stresle baş etme tarzlarının, eşleri tarafından anlaşılma /anlaşılmama ve isteyerek gebe kalma/kalmama gibi durumların yaşam doyumlarını ne ölçüde yordadığını belirlemektir. Araştırma kesitsel tipte tarama modelinde desenlenmiştir. Araştırmanın verileri Samsun ilinin iki ilçesinde yaşayan, kendi ifadesine göre herhangi bir psikiyatrik sorunu olmayan 260 gebeden toplanmıştır. Verilerin analizinde tanımlayıcı istatistiksel yöntemler kullanılmıştır. Verilerin değerlendirilmesinde (p<0.05) normallik şartı sağlanmadığı için parametrik olmayan testlerden; iki değişken arasındaki ilişkiyi bulabilmek için Spearman Brown Sıra Farkları korelasyon testi ve iki durum arasında anlamlı fark olup olmadığını test etmek için de Mann-Whitney U testi kullanılmıştır. Araştırmadan elde edilen bulgulara göre, stresle başa çıkma tarzları ölçeğinin alt boyutlarından çaresiz yaklaşım ve boyun eğici yaklaşım ile yaşam doyumu arasında negatif yönde anlamlı düzeyde yordamaktadır. Araştırma bulguları ilgili literatür eşliğinde tartışılmış ve daha sonra gerçekleştirilecek araştırmalara yönelik öneriler geliştirilmiştir.

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Perceived Stress, Life Satisfaction and Self-Esteem in Female University Students

Clinical and Counselling Psychology Review ◽

10.32350/ccpr.12.05 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 69-88

Author(s):

Sana Afridi ◽

Saira Maqsood

Keyword(s):

Life Satisfaction ◽

Perceived Stress ◽

Satisfaction With Life ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Female Students ◽

Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽

Educational Systems ◽

Significant Relationships ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Life Scale

The aim of the current study was to assess the perceived stress, life satisfaction and self-esteem of women studying in co-education and uni-gender institutions. The sample comprised a total of 200 female students, 100 from uni-gender institutions and 100 from co-education institutions. Convenience and purposive sampling techniques were used to collect the data. The standardized Urdu versions of Perceived Stress Scale, Satisfaction with Life Scale and Self-esteem Scale were used to collect the responses of students. SPSS (19th version) was used to analyze the data. Findings showed that women studying in uni-gender institutions are more stressed as compared to female students of co-education institutions but their self-esteem and life satisfaction remain unaffected. The results indicated that there is a significant difference between perceived stress, life satisfaction and self-esteem among female students. Moreover, they also revealed that stress and self-esteem affect the life satisfaction of women studying in co-education and uni-gender institutions. Furthermore, the results also depicted significant relationships between perceived stress, life satisfaction and self-esteem. The study will be helpful in improving the educational systems so that female students may enjoy a better learning environment which will boost up their confidence and self-esteem.

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

World Journal of Education ◽

10.5430/wje.v8n6p74 ◽

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.

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Sexual and Life Satisfaction of Pregnant Women

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph17165894 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (16) ◽

pp. 5894

Author(s):

Dorota Branecka-Woźniak ◽

Anna Wójcik ◽

Joanna Błażejewska-Jaśkowiak ◽

Rafał Kurzawa

Keyword(s):

Life Satisfaction ◽

Pregnant Women ◽

Sexual Satisfaction ◽

Satisfaction With Life ◽

Statistical Significance ◽

Perinatal Care ◽

Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽

Level Of Satisfaction ◽

Medium Level ◽

High Level

The awareness of one’s own sexuality and its expression depend on the stage of an individual’s life. Pregnancy is a period of many, also psychosexual, changes. The sexual needs of pregnant women are rarely discussed, and intercourse during this period seems to be a taboo. The aim of this study was to assess the sexual and life satisfaction of pregnant women. The study involved 181 pregnant women and was conducted from July to November 2018. The participants were patients of the pregnancy pathology ward, Independent Public Clinical Hospital No. 2 in Szczecin, and participants of antenatal classes. The research project was approved by the Bioethics Committee of the Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin (KB-0012/74/18). This survey-based study was performed using the self-developed questionnaire and standardized tools: the Sexual Satisfaction Questionnaire, and the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS). Statistical analysis was performed using the SPSS Statistics 24.0 statistical package. The tests used were the Kolmogorov–Smirnov test, the Shapiro–Wilk test, and Pearson’s test. The statistical significance of the results was assumed as (p < 0.05), the correlations (p < 0.01), and probability (p < 0.001). This study demonstrated a high level of life satisfaction, a medium level of overall sexual satisfaction, and a high level of satisfaction with sex. A higher level of satisfaction with life was associated with higher levels of sexual satisfaction in every dimension. There is a need for comprehensive perinatal care and professional sexual counseling.

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Comparison of Life Satisfaction and Attitude towards Disability between Congenital and Acquired Physical Disabilities

sjesr ◽

10.36902/sjesr-vol4-iss2-2021(71-81) ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 71-81

Author(s):

Roza Jamal ◽

Mrs. Wajeeha Komal ◽

Mr. Sarfraz Ahmad

Keyword(s):

Life Satisfaction ◽

Positive Attitude ◽

Satisfaction With Life ◽

Physical Disabilities ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽

Daily Life Activities ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Life Scale ◽

The Difference

The most common physical deformity includes upper and lowers limbs deformity that could be acquired or congenital. Such deformity produces difficulty in daily life activities including reaching, walking, lifting, and carrying things. The present study aimed to explore life satisfaction and attitude towards disability between congenital and acquired physical disabilities. A sample of eighty (N=80) participants was included in the study out of which (n=40) were congenital and (n=40) were acquired physical disables. The sample was collected from different rehabilitation and paraplegic centers as well as institutions through the purposive sampling technique. Satisfaction with life scale and attitude toward disabled person scales were included. It was hypothesized that there will be a significant difference in terms of life satisfaction between congenital and acquired physical disables. The second hypothesis was the attitude towards disability will be positive among the congenital group than the acquired one. An independent sample t-test (IBM SPSS statistics version 20) was applied to analyze the difference between congenital and acquired physical disables. Results of the study indicated that congenital physical disabled were found with highly satisfied from their life (α=.000) and possess a positive attitude towards disability (α=.000) than the acquired physical disables.

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Impact of Parenting styles on Prosocial Behaviour and Life satisfaction among university students of Peshawar

Pakistan Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences Research ◽

10.37605/pjhssr.v3i2.59 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 151-166

Keyword(s):

Life Satisfaction ◽

Prosocial Behavior ◽

Parenting Style ◽

Parenting Styles ◽

Satisfaction With Life ◽

Helping Behavior ◽

Attitude Scale ◽

Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Life Scale

The current study investigated the gender differences in Pro-social Behavior and focused on the relationship between helping behavior and life satisfaction of the students. This study was also aimed to explore the dominant parenting style of parents and its influence on the helping behavior of their children. A sample of 100 students (50 males and 50 females) were selected from different universities of Peshawar. The Helping Attitude Scale, (Nickell, 1998) Scale of Parenting Styles (2014) and the Satisfaction with Life Scale (1985) were administered to the participants to measure all the variables. The obtained data were statistically analyzed by Product Moment Correlation and t-test in SPSS. The results revealed that male students scored higher on the helping attitude scale as compared to the female students and there was a significant correlation between the Prosocial behavior and life satisfaction whereas there was no significant difference between parenting style on prosocial behavior of the students.

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