Life Satisfaction, Concept of

Hall, Alicia

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“…Life satisfaction is a widely used measure of subjective well‐being. It denotes individual perception of life in general rather than present feelings 8 . Life satisfaction is crucial among older adults because it is highly associated with health and mortality 9 ; accordingly, it is viewed as an important indicator of successful ageing 10 .…”

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Relationship between financial well‐being, life satisfaction, and cognitive function among low‐income community‐dwelling older adults: the moderating role of sex

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Background Low financial well‐being is a common predicament among older adults living in poverty. The existing literature suggests a correlation between financial well‐being and mental health in old age. Therefore, this study aimed to identify the relationships among financial well‐being, life satisfaction, and cognitive function among low‐income older adults and to examine the moderating effect of sex on these relationships. Methods This study involved 2004 nationally representative community‐dwelling older Malaysians from the bottom 40% household income group. Financial well‐being was assessed by the four‐item financial satisfaction scale, while life satisfaction was measured by the Satisfaction with Life Scale. Cognitive function was measured by using the Malay version of the Mini‐Mental State Examination. Hierarchical multiple regression was used as the prime method for statistical analysis. Results Financial well‐being was positively associated with life satisfaction and cognitive function. Sex moderated the relationship between financial well‐being and life satisfaction but not between financial well‐being and cognitive function. Conclusions Financial well‐being and life satisfaction were strongly correlated among older women, although no gender difference was found for the relationship between financial well‐being and cognitive function. It appears financial well‐being strongly predicts mental health. As such, poverty eradication initiatives targeting low‐income older adults should be implemented to sustain life satisfaction and cognitive function.

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Relationship between financial well‐being, life satisfaction, and cognitive function among low‐income community‐dwelling older adults: the moderating role of sex

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“… 4 A different conception of life satisfaction contains both cognitive and affective elements, suggesting that people who are satisfied with their lives ‘feel’ content with their lives in addition to the cognitive appraisal of their lives in terms of goal attainment (Hall 2014 ). To test if our results are more strongly based on the cognitive or the affective component of life satisfaction, we run a robustness analysis using an indicator of SWB that combines happiness and life satisfaction and that thus has a stronger affective element.…”

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Does Intergenerational Educational Mobility Shape the Well-Being of Young Europeans? Evidence from the European Social Survey

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Steiber

2017

Soc Indic Res

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Using pooled European Social Survey data (Rounds 4–7, 2008–2014), we investigate the relationship between intergenerational educational mobility and subjective well-being (SWB) for young Europeans (N = 16,050 individuals aged 25–34 from 18 countries). Previous research has been struggling with inconclusive results due to the methodological challenge of disentangling the independent (i.e., ‘net’) effect of social mobility over and above the effects of social origin and destination. We contribute to this line of research by contrasting mobility effects estimated in a conventional linear regression framework with net mobility effects estimated by (non-linear) diagonal mobility models (DMM). We show how model selection influences estimates of mobility effects and how different specifications lead to radically different findings. Using DMM, we estimate how intergenerational educational mobility affects the SWB of young Europeans, differentiating between downward and upward mobility and different country groups. Our results suggest that status loss/gain across generations affects young adults’ SWB in addition to the level-effect of ending up in a lower/higher status position only in Continental Europe.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s11205-017-1753-7) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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“…Both positive and negative affect can be summarized under the term affective well-being , and these concepts generally refer to relatively short-lived and fluctuating emotional states such as happiness, anxiety, or sadness (Diener et al, 1999; Proctor, 2014). In contrast, life satisfaction is the cognitive and stable dimension of subjective well-being (Diener, 1984; Eid & Diener, 2004; Lucas, 2008; Proctor, 2014) that can be measured either as an individual’s cognitive judgment, appraisal, or endorsement of his/her overall quality of life ( global life satisfaction ); or as an individual’s satisfaction with specific life domains, such as employment or health ( domain-specific life satisfaction ) (Diener et al, 1999; Eid & Diener, 2004; Hall, 2014; Hills et al, 2014). Because an individual’s evaluation of his/her life depends to a large extent “upon a comparison of one’s circumstances with what is thought to be an appropriate standard” (Diener et al, 1985, p. 71), both global and domain-specific life satisfaction are highly subjective concepts that differ considerably from more objective indicators of well-being, like marital status or income.…”

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The Intergenerational Transmission of Life Satisfaction between Parents and Children and the Mediating Role of Supportive Parenting

Augustijn

2021

Journal of Family Issues

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Processes of intergenerational transmission can have long-lasting negative consequences for children, thereby perpetuating or exacerbating existing social and health inequalities within society. The present study investigates the intergenerational transmission of life satisfaction between parents and their adolescent children. Based on cross-sectional data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP), multilevel linear regression models were estimated for 4,154 adolescents at the age of 17 years, and their parents. The statistical analysis provided evidence for the intergenerational transmission of life satisfaction between parents and their children, as parents’ levels of life satisfaction were positively and significantly related to levels of life satisfaction in adolescents. Furthermore, mothers’ and fathers’ supportive parenting partially mediated this relationship, with higher levels of supportive parenting contributing to increased levels of adolescent life satisfaction. However, the results of the analysis revealed no significant differences between same-sex and opposite-sex parent–child dyads in the intergenerational transmission of life satisfaction.

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Life Satisfaction, Concept of

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Relationship between financial well‐being, life satisfaction, and cognitive function among low‐income community‐dwelling older adults: the moderating role of sex

Relationship between financial well‐being, life satisfaction, and cognitive function among low‐income community‐dwelling older adults: the moderating role of sex

Does Intergenerational Educational Mobility Shape the Well-Being of Young Europeans? Evidence from the European Social Survey

The Intergenerational Transmission of Life Satisfaction between Parents and Children and the Mediating Role of Supportive Parenting

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