THE RELEVANCE OF AMERICAN LIFE SATISFACTION INDICES FOR RESEARCH ON BRITISH SUBJECTS BEFORE AND AFTER RETIREMENT

1974 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. BIGOT
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
American Life ◽  
Before And After

Predicting Change in Life Satisfaction as a Function of Group Counseling

1984 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 199-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ron L. Evans ◽  
Leah Kleinman ◽  
Eugen M. Halar ◽  
Kaye Herzer
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Group Counseling ◽  
Disabled Persons ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Adjustment Problems ◽  
Phone Calls ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Acceptable Reliability

Clients' characteristics associated with outcome of group counseling were identified in a sample of physically disabled persons using standardized self-report inventories. 60 subjects were tested before and after an 8-wk. treatment interval for signs of emotional disorder, inactivity, and social problems related to being severely disabled. Treatment consisted of group conference phone calls using self-determined task assignments as a focus for discussion. Loneliness accounted for 68% of the variance in post-treatment life-satisfaction scores. Signs of depression and available social support were also significant predictors. Remarkably lonely persons showed significant decreases in signs of loneliness after treatment. Using regression analysis, persons with adjustment problems could be identified and prognosis for treatment predicted with acceptable reliability.

Life satisfaction and pain interference in spine surgery patients before and after surgery: comparison between on-opioid and opioid-naïve patients

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (11) ◽  
pp. 3013-3020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Moona Kuronen ◽  
Hannu Kokki ◽  
Timo Nyyssönen ◽  
Sakari Savolainen ◽  
Merja Kokki
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Spine Surgery ◽  
Pain Interference ◽  
Before And After

scholarly journals Fitness and the Crisis: Impacts of COVID-19 on Active Living and Life Satisfaction in Austria

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (24) ◽  
pp. 13073
Author(s):  
David Jungwirth ◽  
Chiara Amelie Weninger ◽  
Daniela Haluza
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Natural Environments ◽  
Active Living ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Austrian Population

The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically impacted human lifestyles across the world. Lockdowns and home confinement decreased prior opportunities for everyday physical activity. To retrospectively assess how the Austrian population coped with these aspects of the crisis, we conducted a cross-sectional online survey from March to September 2021 using a structured questionnaire in German. In total, 1214 participants (56.9% females, mean age 37.0 years) living across Austria shared self-reported information on sociodemographic characteristics, indoor and outdoor physical activity, reasons for being outdoors, and life satisfaction before and after the emergence of the virus. As a result, overall indoor physical activity significantly decreased in a before–during COVID-19 crisis comparison, although exercising at home with online instructions increased by about 63%. Exercising outdoors increased overall, specifically in periurban forests and rural areas, both by about 9%. Life satisfaction decreased significantly by 19.7% (p < 0.001). Outdoor public places and natural environments gained importance due to restrictions affecting access to sport facilities. Further research is needed to evaluate benefits and therapeutic values of outdoor nature for physical and mental health in times of a global pandemic to maintain resilient societies, as it might impact future active living and life satisfaction.

scholarly journals Increases in wellbeing in the transition to retirement for the unemployed: catching up with formerly employed persons

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 254-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
VALENTINA PONOMARENKO ◽  
ANJA K. LEIST ◽  
LOUIS CHAUVEL
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Subjective Wellbeing ◽  
Difference Model ◽  
Catching Up ◽  
Retirement Transition ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Country Differences ◽  
Transition To Retirement ◽  
The Unemployed

ABSTRACTThis paper examines the extent to which wellbeing levels change in the transition to retirement depending on transitioning from being employed, unemployed or economically inactive. Whereas transitioning from employment to unemployment has been found to cause a decrease in subjective wellbeing with more time spent in unemployment, it is not clear how transitioning from unemployment to retirement affects wellbeing levels. We use the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe to monitor the life satisfaction of respondents who retire in between two waves. We portray wellbeing scores before and after retirement and then identify the change in life satisfaction during the retirement transition using a First Difference model. Results indicate that being unemployed before retirement is associated with an increase in life satisfaction, but presents mainly a catching-up effect compared to employed persons transitioning to retirement. These results are still significant if we control for selection into unemployment and country differences. Retirement from labour market inactivity does not lead to significant changes in wellbeing. As the wellbeing of unemployed persons recovers after transitioning to retirement, especially the currently unemployed population should be supported to prevent detrimental consequences of economically unfavourable conditions and lower wellbeing.

scholarly journals Exploring the relationship between working history, retirement transition and women's life satisfaction

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-30
Author(s):  
Elisa Tambellini
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Subjective Wellbeing ◽  
Role Theory ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Continuous Increase ◽  
Retirement Transition ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Transition Set ◽  
Using Data ◽  
And Cluster Analysis

Abstract How does the transition to retirement affect female subjective wellbeing? The major theoretical perspectives that have been applied as frameworks to study the heterogeneous adjustment to retirement include role theory and continuity theory. They have often been integrated with a lifecourse approach, which allows us to study retirement as a transition set inside a lifelong process. In this paper, I assess how working life courses are related to changes in subjective wellbeing before and after retirement, using data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) and concentrating on women. Firstly, I conduct sequence analysis and cluster analysis to identify groups of typical working lifecourses from ages 20 to 50. Secondly, regression models estimate how retirement transition is associated with changes in life satisfaction, according to the different working trajectories. The results show that some of the trajectories, constituted of discontinuity or part-time periods, exhibit a continuous increase in life satisfaction, passing from employment (or unemployment) to retirement. For other trajectories, such as the full-time one, retirement seems not to have implications for subjective wellbeing.

scholarly journals A Way to Improve Adolescents’ Life Satisfaction: School Altruistic Group Games

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caixia Lu ◽  
Lichan Liang ◽  
Wenting Chen ◽  
Yufang Bian
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Positive Emotions ◽  
School Context ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Emotional States ◽  
Growing Pains ◽  
Before And After ◽  
First Time ◽  
Experimental Group

Previous studies have shown that adolescents are experiencing growing pains due to their unbalanced physical and mental development. Their life satisfaction showed a steady downward trend with age. Altruism may be an effective way to improve their life satisfaction. Against this background, the current study carried out school altruistic group games (SAGGs) for the first time to explore the role of altruistic group activities in the school context in improving adolescents’ life satisfaction. There were 176 adolescents in the study, including 90 in the experimental group and 86 in the control group, who were enrolled from a junior high school in East China. A 10-week school altruism group game was carried out for the experimental group. The participants in the control group participated in activities that were not related to altruism. Participants in both groups reported their life satisfaction and emotions before and after the games. The findings of this study were as follows: (1) SAGGs can effectively improve adolescents’ life satisfaction, especially school satisfaction; (2) SAGGs can significantly improve adolescents’ emotional state; that is, SAGGs can enhance positive emotions and reduce negative emotions; and (3) SAGGs have different effects on the life satisfaction of adolescents with different initial emotional states. The results of this study not only enrich the existing literature but also provide enlightenment and a reference for schools to improve adolescents’ life satisfaction.

scholarly journals Unraveling the Complex Relationship Between Work Transitions and Self-Esteem and Life Satisfaction

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne K. Reitz ◽  
Maike Luhmann ◽  
Wiebke Bleidorn ◽  
Jaap J. A. Denissen
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
Psychological Adjustment ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Selection Effects ◽  
Dynamic Nature ◽  
Employment Transitions ◽  
Work Transitions ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Duration Of Unemployment

Transitions in and out of work are common experiences with major repercussions for people’s lives. The complex link between work transitions and psychological adjustment is not well understood, however. In this preregistered study, we analyzed 11 waves of longitudinal data from 13,671 participants (representative of the Dutch population) to examine the transactional effects between repeated work transitions (employment and unemployment) and psychological adjustment (self-esteem and life satisfaction). Specifically, we investigated change trajectories before and after the transitions and tested whether moderator variables predicted individual differences in change. Participants with lower levels of self-esteem and life satisfaction were more likely to experience unemployment and less likely to experience employment transitions, indicating selection effects. Participants decreased in their self-esteem and life satisfaction before the beginning of the unemployment transition, indicating anticipatory socialization effects. These effects did not differ for multiple experiences of the same transition. Participants showed larger increases in life satisfaction in response to employment transitions when they experienced higher levels of job satisfaction. Participants showed larger decreases in self-esteem before unemployment transitions when they experienced a longer duration of unemployment. Our findings point to bidirectional effects between work transitions and self-esteem and life satisfaction, which is consistent with transactional theories. They also highlight the importance of the timing of changes before and after work transitions, the dynamic nature of the transition-adjustment link, and the existence of individual differences in psychological adjustment to work transitions that were linked to characteristics of the corresponding transition.

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