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Social Indicators Research

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Comparing Multiple Discrepancies Theory to Affective Models of Subjective Wellbeing

verfasst von: Jed D. Blore, Mark A. Stokes, David Mellor, Lucy Firth, Robert A. Cummins

Erschienen in: Social Indicators Research | Ausgabe 1/2011

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The Subjective Wellbeing (SWB) literature is replete with competing theories detailing the mechanisms underlying the construction and maintenance of SWB. The current study aimed to compare and contrast two of these approaches: multiple discrepancies theory (MDT) and an affective-cognitive theory of SWB. MDT posits SWB to be the result of perceived discrepancies between multiple standards of comparison. By contrast, affective-cognitive theory asserts that SWB is primarily influenced by trait affect, and indirectly influenced by personality and cognition through trait affect. Participants comprised 387 individuals who responded to the 5th longitudinal survey of the Australian Unity Wellbeing Index. Results of Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) indicated the poorest fit to the data for the MDT model. The affective-cognitive model also did not provide a good fit to the data. A purely affective model provided the best fit to the data, was the most parsimonious, and explained 66% of variance in SWB.

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Titel: Comparing Multiple Discrepancies Theory to Affective Models of Subjective Wellbeing
verfasst von: Jed D. Blore
Mark A. Stokes
David Mellor
Lucy Firth
Robert A. Cummins
Publikationsdatum: 01.01.2011
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in: Social Indicators Research / Ausgabe 1/2011
Print ISSN: 0303-8300
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-0921
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-010-9599-2

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