Contributing to Overall Life Satisfaction: Personality Traits Versus Life Satisfaction Variables Revisited—Is Replication Impossible?

Lachmann, Bernd; Sariyska, Rayna; Kannen, Christopher; Błaszkiewicz, Konrad; Trendafilov, Boris; Andone, Ionut; Eibes, Mark; Alexander, Mathew; Li, Mei; Kendrick, Keith M.; Montag, Christian

doi:10.3390/bs8010001

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“…In the literature, these terms are often treated as convergent variables, although not all researchers accept this perspective. 4 However, since the latest studies provide empirical support for a large overlap 5 and interchangeable use of these constructs, 6,7 the term "life satisfaction" can be reasonably claimed as an indicator of a person's overall well-being. 8 Currently, there is much debate with respect to the importance of different factors in subjective well-being.…”

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<p>Family Functioning and Life Satisfaction: The Mediatory Role of Emotional Intelligence</p>

Szczęśniak¹,

Tułecka²

2020

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Background: The functioning of the family of origin seems to be one of the key variables that contribute to life satisfaction. Since relationships with one's parents are associated with well-being throughout life, the purpose of our study was to examine the association between family functioning and life satisfaction among Polish adults. Moreover, because some researchers postulate that family functioning affects quality of life directly as well as indirectly through some other variables, we focused on investigating how emotional intelligence might affect the link between family functioning and life satisfaction, as the character of this relationship has received surprisingly little attention. Patients, Methods and Data Collection:The sample consisted of 204 participants (86% women). We measured family functioning, satisfaction with life, and emotional intelligence. The data were collected using online forums through convenience sampling on the basis of availability and the willingness of the participants to respond. Results: The results showed that both life satisfaction and emotional intelligence correlated positively and significantly with cohesion, flexibility, communication, and family satisfaction. Life satisfaction correlated negatively and significantly with enmeshed, disengaged, and chaotic functioning. In contrast, emotional intelligence correlated negatively and significantly only with chaotic and disengaged functioning. Moreover, emotional intelligence partially mediated the relationship between six dimensions of family functioning (cohesion, flexibility, communication, family satisfaction, disengagement, and chaos) and life satisfaction. Conclusion: Our findings provide evidence of an indirect association between family functioning and life satisfaction through the mediating role of emotional intelligence. They indicate that individuals who evaluate their family functioning as cohesive, flexible, communicative, and fulfilled, are more likely to process their own emotions and enjoy higher life satisfaction. Conversely, assessment of family of origin as disengaged and chaotic may diminish the ability to manage one's own emotions, which, in turn, can lead to lower life satisfaction.

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<p>Family Functioning and Life Satisfaction: The Mediatory Role of Emotional Intelligence</p>

Szczęśniak¹,

Tułecka²

2020

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“…Other studies have observed differences between Chinese and American/British students in how the Internet was used in school and at home (Li and Kirkup, 2007 ; Lei et al, 2009 ). Furthermore, also differences in the levels of empathy in China and Europe (Melchers et al, 2015 ) have been found (the levels of empathy in Europe were higher, but this needs to be further investigated in future studies) as well as cross-cultural influence on life satisfaction (Schimmack et al, 2002 ; Lachmann et al, 2018 ). Against this background, examining potential cultural differences in the proposed associations between IUD/SUD, empathy, and life satisfaction appears particularly relevant.…”

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The Role of Empathy and Life Satisfaction in Internet and Smartphone Use Disorder

Lachmann¹,

Sindermann²,

Sariyska³

et al. 2018

Front. Psychol.

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Recent studies have yielded initial evidence for an association between Internet Use Disorder (IUD), empathy, and life satisfaction. In the present study we sought to replicate these previous findings, and then to extend this research by also examining the relationship between empathy, life satisfaction, and the related phenomenon of Smartphone Use Disorder (SUD). The present study included independent samples from China (N = 612, 162 females) and Germany (N = 304, 207 females), with the same set of questionnaires administered to both samples. IUD was measured with Pawlikowski's s-IAT and SUD was assessed with the short version of Kwon's Smartphone Addiction Scale. The Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI) was used to assess individual differences in empathy. Please note that for the German sample data on the empathy quotient (EQ) are also available. Life satisfaction data were collected using items from the SOEP-Questionnaire (Socio-Economic Panel, Germany). In both of our samples we replicated previous findings showing the association between higher IUD, lower empathy, and lower life satisfaction scores. In addition, individuals with higher SUD showed higher scores on the IRI Personal Distress scale in China and Germany, while further associations between IRI dimensions and SUD were only found in the Chinese sample. Personal Distress is known to be highly correlated with the personality trait of Neuroticism, hence higher stress/negative emotionality in tense social situations is related to SUD. In the present study we confirm earlier findings showing the relationship between empathy, life satisfaction, and IUD, and extend some of these findings to SUD. We also emphasize the importance of cross-cultural studies when investigating IUD/SUD in the context of empathy and life satisfaction.

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“…The importance of examining these lower-level aspects are numerous, particularly as differences across personality domains have been associated with diverse psychological outcomes. For example, personality traits have been shown to predict outcomes across interpersonal relationships (Mihailovic & Lojic, 2003), job and life satisfaction (Judge, Bono, Locke, Tippie, & Judge, 2000;Okwaraji, Nduanya, Okorie, & Okechukwu, 2019), and in some cases longevity of life and wellbeing (Friedman & Kern, 2014;Lachmann et al, 2017). It is important to note differences in personality are not merely 'skin-deep'; rather, personality differences have been associated with distinct neurobiological correlates (DeYoung et al, 2010(DeYoung et al, , 2007aDubois, Adolphs, & States, 2017).…”

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Stressed, Depressed, and Rank Obsessed

Jj¹

2020

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As social creatures we monitor our relative rank and/or status with others via social comparisons. Whilst research has identified perceptions of inferiority or ‘low rank’ relative to others is a robust predictor of depressive, anxious, and stress symptomology, to date individual differences have been ignored. Here we provide empirical evidence for how divergence across personality traits interact with social rank variables to buffer or predispose toward depressive symptomology. Across three independent samples (N = 595) we replicated a social rank model of mental health, and with our third sample (N = 200) we sought to investigate attenuating roles for neuroticism vs compassion with multiple moderated regression models. Neuroticism predicted greater levels of rank-associated depression, and compassion failed to function as a protective factor for rank-associated depression. However, a closer inspection of the original Big-5 factor-structure positions this scale as a measure of ‘interpersonal submissiveness’ or ‘conflict appeasement’ rather than genuine compassion. Whilst it is necessary to delineate the conditions where compassion is appropriate and able to lead to positive mental-health outcomes, we argue this cannot be addressed with the Big-5 measure of trait compassion. We call for future work to consider valid and reliable measures for compassion, such as the self-compassion scale, submissive compassion scale, and fears of compassion scale, to more fully address how compassion may protect against both rank-based comparisons and severity of depression.

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Contributing to Overall Life Satisfaction: Personality Traits Versus Life Satisfaction Variables Revisited—Is Replication Impossible?

Cited by 67 publications

References 63 publications

<p>Family Functioning and Life Satisfaction: The Mediatory Role of Emotional Intelligence</p>

<p>Family Functioning and Life Satisfaction: The Mediatory Role of Emotional Intelligence</p>

The Role of Empathy and Life Satisfaction in Internet and Smartphone Use Disorder

Stressed, Depressed, and Rank Obsessed

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