Effects of Affect Balance on Short-Term Life Satisfaction and Depression: Considering the Activation Dimension of Affect

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megumi Sasaki ◽  
Katsuyuki Yamasaki ◽  
Kanako Uchida ◽  
Lisa Katsuma
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Affect Balance

scholarly journals The interplay of gender, social context, and long-term unemployment effects on subjective health trajectories

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Altweck ◽  
Stefanie Hahm ◽  
Holger Muehlan ◽  
Tobias Gfesser ◽  
Christine Ulke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Social Context ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Subjective Health ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Self Rated Health ◽  
Health Trajectories ◽  
Lower Baseline ◽  
Baseline Values

Abstract Background While a strong negative impact of unemployment on health has been established, the present research examined the lesser studied interplay of gender, social context and job loss on health trajectories. Methods Data from the German Socio-Economic Panel was used, which provided a representative sample of 6838 participants. Using latent growth modelling the effects of gender, social context (East vs. West Germans), unemployment (none, short-term or long-term), and their interactions were examined on health (single item measures of self-rated health and life satisfaction respectively). Results Social context in general significantly predicted the trajectories of self-rated health and life satisfaction. Most notably, data analysis revealed that West German women reported significantly lower baseline values of self-rated health following unemployment and did not recover to the levels of their East German counterparts. Only long-term, not short-term unemployment was related to lower baseline values of self-rated health, whereas, in relation to baseline values of life satisfaction, both types of unemployment had a similar negative effect. Conclusions In an economic crisis, individuals who already carry a higher burden, and not only those most directly affected economically, may show the greatest health effects.

scholarly journals Contribution of Spirituality and Attachment in Life Satisfaction

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Urvashi Sharma ◽  
Dr. Archana Satsangi
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Marital Status ◽  
Life Style ◽  
Middle Age ◽  
Teaching Profession ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Material Life ◽  
Present Generation ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Correlation Design

In the present era, frequently changing life style gives cutthroat competition and desire to be success in this competition makes unhealthy environment for present generation. People are stuck on materialistic thing which gives short-term satisfaction only. It is not permanent although people blindly follows this life style making themselves sick. But some people are aware that material life is temporary therefore they move their attitude towards the path of spirituality that illuminate his or her life and ultimately leads to life satisfaction. Therefore researchers is curious to explore the relationship among spirituality, attachment and life satisfaction. Present paper is an attempt to examine the contribution of spirituality and attachment in life satisfaction among middle age people. The sample comprises 100 subjects (50 males & 50 females), working in bank, and teaching profession. The sample has taken from Mathura city only. Sample is equal in terms of education, individual income, age, and marital status. In order to find out the contribution of spirituality and attachment on life satisfaction, correlation design is used. The result reveals that spirituality is positive contributor for life satisfaction.

Perceived Discrimination, Internalized Stigma and Psychological Well-Being of People with Mental Illness

2015 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Pérez-Garín ◽  
Fernando Molero ◽  
Arjan E.R. Bos
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Perceived Discrimination ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Internalized Stigma ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Affect Balance ◽  
People With Mental Illness ◽  
Individual Discrimination

AbstractThe present study examines the relationships between perceived discrimination, internalized stigma, and well-being in a sample of people with mental illness. We conducted a cross-sectional study with 213 outpatients from the Spanish public network of social care. Perceived discrimination was positively and significantly correlated with internalized stigma (p < .01 for all measures of perceived discrimination). Blatant individual discrimination, subtle individual discrimination, and internalized stigma were negatively correlated with life satisfaction, affect balance, and psychological well-being (p < .01 for all cases, except for blatant individual discrimination and affect balance, for which is p < .05). Regression and mediation analyses indicate that subtle individual discrimination is the kind of discrimination most negatively associated to the well-being measures (life satisfaction: B = –.18, p < .10; affect balance: B = –.19, p < .10; psychological well-being: B = –.21, p < .05), and that this association is mediated by internalized stigma. Future research should confirm these findings in a longitudinal or experimental model. In light of our findings, we suggest the development and implementation of intervention programs that target subtle discrimination, and point at the importance of implementing programs to reduce internalized stigma.

scholarly journals The short-term stability of life satisfaction judgments.

Emotion ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (7) ◽  
pp. 1024-1031 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard E. Lucas ◽  
Vicki A. Freedman ◽  
Jennifer C. Cornman
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Term Stability

scholarly journals Nature engagement for human and nature’s well-being during the Corona pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Miles Richardson ◽  
Iain Hamlin
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Nature Conservation ◽  
Human Nature ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Connectedness To Nature ◽  
Nature Connectedness ◽  
The Uk

Purpose To explore the associations between noticing nature, nature connectedness, time in nature and human and nature’s well-being during the corona pandemic restrictions. Design/methodology/approach Natural England’s people and nature survey (PANS) data (n = 4,206) from the UK was used to assess a number of well-being outcomes (loneliness, life satisfaction, worthwhile life and happiness) and pro-nature behaviours as a function of longer-term physical time in nature and psychological connectedness to nature and shorter-term visits and noticing of nature. Findings Longer-term factors of nature connectedness and time in nature were both consistent significant predictors of well-being measures (apart from loneliness) and pro-nature conservation behaviours. Considered alone short-term visits and noticing were again consistent and significant predictors of three well-being measures, but recent visits to nature were not associated with pro-nature conservation behaviours. A combined regression highlighted the importance of a longer-term relationship with nature in all outcomes apart from loneliness but also revealed that even when considered in concert with longer-term factors, currently noticing nature had a role in feeling one’s life was worthwhile, pro-nature behaviours and loneliness. Originality/value The closeness of the human-nature relationship and noticing nature have rarely been examined in concert with nature visits. Further, the reciprocal benefits of pro-nature behaviours are often overlooked.

scholarly journals Income Trajectories and Subjective Well-Being: Linking Administrative Records and Survey Data

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (23) ◽  
pp. 4779 ◽  
Author(s):  
Schöllgen ◽  
Kersten ◽  
Rose
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Income Dynamics ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Affect Balance ◽  
Administrative Records ◽  
Representative Study ◽  
Income Development ◽  
Nationally Representative

An association between income and life satisfaction has been well documented, however, little is known of how income trajectories affect different facets of subjective well-being (SWB). The aim of this study was to examine how several aspects of income dynamics are related to life satisfaction and affect balance. Longitudinal information on income from administrative records covering 13 years (1999–2011) is linked to cross-sectional data on SWB collected in 2011/12 from the nationally representative Study on Mental Health at Work (S-MGA; n = 3364). Parameters from subject-specific regression analyses of income over time were used as indicators of income development in regressions over all participants, conducted separately for men and women. Associations between income and life satisfaction were stronger and more consistent than associations between income and affect balance. Major findings were that longer-term income change was more strongly related to SWB than current deviation from expected income. Higher stability in income development was associated with higher SWB. A higher share of income from benefits predicted lower life satisfaction and a more negative affect balance. Our results show the importance of examining income trajectories and taking into account source of income to gain a more differentiated view on the income-SWB association.

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