nach oben

Journal of Happiness Studies

Erschienen in:

01.12.2007 | Research Paper

Subjective Wellbeing as an Affective-Cognitive Construct

verfasst von: Melanie T. Davern, Robert A. Cummins, Mark A. Stokes

Erschienen in: Journal of Happiness Studies | Ausgabe 4/2007

Einloggen

Aktivieren Sie unsere intelligente Suche, um passende Fachinhalte oder Patente zu finden.

search-config

KI-gestützte Suche

Aus

Abstract

The affective content of Subjective Wellbeing (SWB) was investigated in two separate studies. Study 1 involved a representative sample of 478 participants from across Australia aged between 18 and 72 years. This study tested the circumplex model of affect and then determined the minimum set of affects that explain variance in SWB. The model was supported, with most affects congregated around the valence axis. Overall, 64% of the variance in SWB was explained by six Core Affects, indicating that SWB is a highly affective construct. Study 2 tested the relative strength of Core Affect (content, happy and excited), in three separate models of SWB incorporating cognition (seven discrepancies) and all five factors of personality. Using a sample of 854 participants aged been 18–86 years, structural equation modeling was used to compare an affective-cognitive driven model of SWB, with a personality driven model of SWB and a discrepancy driven model of SWB. The results provide support for an affective-cognitive model which explained 90 percent of the variance in SWB. All models confirm that the relationship between SWB, Core Affect and Discrepancies is far stronger than the relationship between personality and SWB. It is proposed that Core Affect and Discrepancies comprise the essence of SWB. Moreover, Core Affect is the driving force behind individual set-point levels in SWB homeostasis.

Nächster Artikel A Critique of “Subjective wellbeing as an affective-cognitive construct” by Davern, Cummins and Stokes

Sie haben noch keine Lizenz? Dann Informieren Sie sich jetzt über unsere Produkte:

Springer Professional "Wirtschaft+Technik"

Online-Abonnement

Mit Springer Professional "Wirtschaft+Technik" erhalten Sie Zugriff auf:

über 102.000 Bücher
über 537 Zeitschriften

aus folgenden Fachgebieten:

Automobil + Motoren
Bauwesen + Immobilien
Business IT + Informatik
Elektrotechnik + Elektronik
Energie + Nachhaltigkeit
Finance + Banking
Management + Führung
Marketing + Vertrieb
Maschinenbau + Werkstoffe
Versicherung + Risiko

Jetzt Wissensvorsprung sichern!

Jetzt informieren

Springer Professional "Wirtschaft"

Online-Abonnement

Mit Springer Professional "Wirtschaft" erhalten Sie Zugriff auf:

über 67.000 Bücher
über 340 Zeitschriften

aus folgenden Fachgebieten:

Bauwesen + Immobilien
Business IT + Informatik
Finance + Banking
Management + Führung
Marketing + Vertrieb
Versicherung + Risiko

Jetzt Wissensvorsprung sichern!

Jetzt informieren

Andrews, F. M., & Withey, S. B. (1976). Social indicators of well-being: Americans perceptions of life quality. New York: Plenum Press.

Bradburn, N. M. (1969). The structure of psychological well-being. Chicago: Aldine.

Bradburn, N. M., & Caplovitz, D. (1965). Reports on happiness: a pilot study. Chicago: Aldine.

Browne, M. W. (1992). Circumplex models for correlational matrices. Psychometrika, 57(4), 469–497.CrossRef

Byrne, S. (2001). Structural equation modeling with AMOS: Basic concepts, applications, and programming. New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Campbell, A., Converse, P. E., & Rodgers, W. L. (1976). The quality of American life: Perceptions, evaluations and satisfactions. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.

Cantril, H. (1965). The pattern of human concerns. New Jersey: Rutgers University Press.

Cheng, H., & Furnham, A. (2003). Personality, self-esteem, and demographic predictions of happiness and depression. Personality and Individual Differences, 34(6), 921–942.CrossRef

Clifford, P. R., Edmundson, E. W., Koch, W. R., & Dodd, B. G. (1991). Drug use and life satisfaction among college students. International Journal of the Addictions, 26, 45–53.

Costa, P. T., & McCrae, R. R. (1992). Revised NEO personality inventory (NEO-PI-R) and NEO five-factor inventory (NEO-FFI) professional manual. Odessa, Florida: Psychological Assessment Resources.

Cummins, R. A. (2000). Personal income and subjective well-being: A review. Journal of Happiness Studies, 1, 133–158.CrossRef

Cummins, R. A. (2005). Caregivers as managers of subjective wellbeing: A homeostatic perspective. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disability, 18, 335–344.CrossRef

Cummins, R. A., Eckersley, R., Pallant, J., Van Vugt, J., & Misajon, R. (2003). Developing a national index of subjective wellbeing: The Australian unity wellbeing index. Social Indicators Research, 64, 159–190.CrossRef

Cummins, R. A., Gullone, E., & Lau, A. L. D. (2002). A model of subjective well-being homeostasis: The role of personality. In E. Gullone, R. A. Cummins, & A. L. D. Lau (Eds.), The universality of subjective well-being indicators. Social indicators research book series (vol. 2002, pp. 7–46). Dordrecht: Kluwer.

Cummins, R. A., & Lau, A. L. D. (2004). The motivation to maintain subjective well-being: A homeostatic model. In H. Switzky (Ed.), International review of research on mental retardation: Personality and motivational systems in mental retardation (Vol. 28, pp. 255–301). Amsterdam: Elsevier.

Cummins, R. A., & Nistico, H. (2002). Maintaining life satisfaction: The role of positive bias. Journal of Happiness Studies, 3, 37–69.CrossRef

Cummins, R. A., Okerstrom, E., Woerner, J., & Tomyn, A. (2005). Australian unity wellbeing index: Report 13.0—“The wellbeing of Australians—caregiving at home”. from http://www.deakin.edu.au/research/acqol/index_wellbeing/index.htm

Davern, M. T., & Cummins, R. A. (2006). Is life dissatisfaction the opposite of life satisfaction? Australian Journal of Psychology, 58(1), 1–7.CrossRef

DeNeve, K. M. (1999). Happy as an extraverted clam? The role of personality for subjective well-being. Psychological Science, 8, 141–144.

Diener, E., & Lucas, R. E. (1999). Personality and subjective wellbeing. In D. Kahneman, E. Diener, & N. Schwarz (Eds.), Well-being, the foundations of hedonic psychology (pp. 213–229). New York: Russell Sage Foundation.

Diener, E., Napa Scollon, C., & Lucas, R. E. (2004). The evolving concept of subjective well-being: The multifaceted nature of happiness. Advances in Cell Aging and Gerontology, 15, 187–219.CrossRef

Diener, E., Oishi, S., & Lucas, R. E. (2003). Personality, culture, and subjective well-being: Emotional and cognitive evaluations of life. Annual Review of Psychology, 54, 403–425.CrossRef

Fabrigar, L. R., Visser, P. S., & Browne, M. W. (1997). Conceptual and methodological issues in testing the circumplex structure of data in personality and social psychology. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 1, 184–203.CrossRef

Feldman, L. A. (1995a). Valence focus and arousal focus: Individual differences in the structure of affective experience. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 69(1), 153–166.CrossRef

Feldman, L. A. (1995b). Variations in the circumplex structure of mood. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 21(8), 806–817.CrossRef

Festinger, L. (1957). A theory of cognitive dissonance. Standford, CA: Standford University Press.

Fujita, F., & Diener, E. (2005). Life satisfaction set point: Stability and change. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 88, 158–164.CrossRef

Gurin, G., Veroff, J., & Feld, S. (1960). Americans view their mental health. New York: Basic Books.

Guttman, L. (1954). A new approach to factor analysis: The radex. In P. F. Lazarsfeld (Ed.), Mathematical Thinking in the Social Sciences (pp. 258–348). New York: Columbia University Press.

Hanestad, B. R., & Albrektsen, G. (1992). The stability of quality of life experience in people with Type 1 diabetes over a period of a year. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 17, 777–784.CrossRef

Headey, B. W., & Wearing, A. J. (1989). Personality, life events and subjective well-being: Towards a dynamic equilibrium model. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 57, 731–739.CrossRef

Henry, W. P. (1997). The circumplex in psychotherapy research. In R. Plutchik & H. R. Conte (Eds.), Circumplex models of personality and emotions (pp. 385–410). Washington, DC: American Psychological Assocation.CrossRef

Hills, P., & Argyle, M. (2001). Happiness, introversion-extraversion and happy introverts. Personality and Individual Differences, 30, 595–609.CrossRef

Holland, J. L. (1973). Making vocational choices: A theory of careers. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Huelsman, T. J., Nemanick, R. C., & Munz, D. C. (1998). Scales to measure four dimensions of dispositional mood: Positive energy, tiredness, negative activation, and relaxation. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 58(5), 804–819.CrossRef

International Wellbeing Group (2006). Personal wellbeing index (4th edn.). Retrieved, from http://www.deakin.edu.au/research/acqol/instruments/wellbeing_index.htm

Kashdan, T. B. (2004). The assessment of subjective well-being (issues raised by the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire). Personality and Individual Differences, 36(5), 1225.CrossRef

Kline, R. B. (1998). Principles and practice of structural equation modeling. New York: The Guilford Press.

Kozma. (1996). Top-down and bottom-up approaches to an understanding of subjective well-being. Paper presented at the World Conference on Quality of Life, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, (August 22–25).

Leary, T. (1957). Interpersonal diagnosis of personality. New York: Ronald.

Lucas, R. E., Diener, E., & Suh, E. M. (1996). Discriminant validity of well-being measures. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 71(3), 616–628.CrossRef

Man, P. (1991). The influences of peers and parents on youth life satisfaction in Hong Kong. Social Indicators Research, 24, 347–365.CrossRef

Michalos, A. C. (1985). Multiple discrepancies theory (MDT). Social Indicators Research, 16, 347–413.CrossRef

Nemanick, R. C. J., & Munz, D. C. (1997). Extraversion and neuroticis, trait mood, and state affect: A hierarchical relationship? Journal of Social Behaviour and Personality, 12(4), 1079–1092.

Neugarten, B. L., Havinghurst, R. J., & Tobin, S. S. (1961). The measurement of life satisfaction. Journal of Gerontology, 16, 134–143.

Ortony, A., Clore, G. L., & Foss, M. A. (1987). The referential structure of the affective lexicon. Cognitive Science, 11(3), 341–364.CrossRef

Paulhus, D. L., Robins, R. W., Trzesniewski, K. H., & Tracy, J. L. (2004). Two replicable suppressor situations in personality research multivariate. Behavioral Research, 39(2), 303–328.CrossRef

Runciman, W. G. (1966). Relative deprivation and social justice. Berkeley: University of California Press.

Russell, J. (1980). A circumplex model of affect. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 39(6), 1161–1178.CrossRef

Russell, J. (2003). Core affect and the psychological construction of emotion. Psychological Review, 110(1), 145–172.

Russell, J., & Carroll, J. (1999). On the bipolarity of positive and negative affect. Psychological Bulletin, 125(1), 3–30.CrossRef

Russell, J., & Feldman Barrett, L. (1999). Core affect, prototypical emotional episodes and other things called emotion: Dissecting the elephant. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 76(5), 805–819.CrossRef

Schlosberg, H. (1952). The description of facial expressions in terms of two dimensions. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 44, 229–237.CrossRef

Schlosberg, H. (1954). Three dimensions of emotion. Psychological Review, 61, 81–88.CrossRef

Suh, E., & Diener, E. (1996). Events and subjective well-being: Only recent events matter. Journal of Personality andSocial Psychology, 70, 1091–1102.CrossRef

Tabachnick, B. G., & Fidell, L. S. (2001). Using multivariate statistics, (4th edn.). MA: Allyn & Bacon.

Veenhoven, R. (1994). Is happiness a trait? Social Indicators Research, 32, 101–160.CrossRef

Vitterso, J. (2001). Personality traits and subjective well-being: Emotional stability, not extraversion, is probably the important predictor. Personality and Individual Differences, 31(6), 903–914.CrossRef

Vitterso, J., & Nilsen, F. (2002). The conceptual and relational structure of subjective well-being, neuroticism, and extraversion: Once again, neuroticism is the important predictor of happiness. Social Indicators Research, 57, 89–118.CrossRef

Watson, D., & Clark, L. A. (1992). Affects separable and inseparable: On the hierarchical arrangement of the negative affects. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 62, 489–505.CrossRef

Woodworth, R. S., & Schlosberg, H. (1938). Experimental psychology, (3rd edn.). London: Methuen & Co.

Titel: Subjective Wellbeing as an Affective-Cognitive Construct
verfasst von: Melanie T. Davern
Robert A. Cummins
Mark A. Stokes
Publikationsdatum: 01.12.2007
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in: Journal of Happiness Studies / Ausgabe 4/2007
Print ISSN: 1389-4978
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-7780
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-007-9066-1

Springer Professional

Abstract

Bitte loggen Sie sich ein, um Zugang zu Ihrer Lizenz zu erhalten.

Sie haben noch keine Lizenz? Dann Informieren Sie sich jetzt über unsere Produkte:

Springer Professional "Wirtschaft+Technik"

Springer Professional "Wirtschaft"

Weitere Artikel der Ausgabe 4/2007

Theory/Analysis Mismatch: Comment on Fredrickson and Joiner’s (2002) Test of the Broaden-and-Build Theory of Positive Emotions

Financial aspirations, financial success, and overall life satisfaction: who? and how?

The role of social axioms in predicting life satisfaction: a longitudinal study in Hong Kong

Comments from Kenneth C. Land

A Critique of “Subjective wellbeing as an affective-cognitive construct” by Davern, Cummins and Stokes

Theory/Analysis Mismatch: Comment on Fredrickson and Joiner’s (2002) Test of the Broaden-and-build Theory of Positive Emotions