Life-Satisfaction in Post-Soviet Russia and Ukraine

Abbott, Pamela; Sapsford, Roger

doi:10.1007/s10902-005-5563-2

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“…Moderate or poor financial standing was correlated with one of the lowest satisfaction with life scores out of all the socio-demographic factors analyzed. These findings corroborate those reported by Abbott and Sapsford [21].…”

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The quality of life and satisfaction with life of women who are childless by choice

Bień

Rzońca

Iwanowicz-Palus

et al. 2017

Ann Agric Environ Med.

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Objective. The study attempts to identify and analyze factors affecting the quality of life and satisfaction with life of women who are childless by choice. Materials and method. The research instruments used were: the WHOQOL-Bref questionnaire and the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), and author's own questionnaire. Results. A better overall quality of life, perception of own health and quality of life in all the specific domains analyzed was found among childless women living in cities, college/university-educated, and with a good or very good financial standing. Conclusions. A positive correlation was found between satisfaction with life and overall quality of life, general perceived health, and all quality of life domains. Higher satisfaction with life scores in childless women are correlated with a higher quality of life scores and better perceived health.

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confidence: 93%

The quality of life and satisfaction with life of women who are childless by choice

Bień

Rzońca

Iwanowicz-Palus

et al. 2017

Ann Agric Environ Med.

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“…Despite these, Ryff's model has drawn serious doubts on the acceptability of her model. For example, the strong correlation of some dimensions in her scale were interpreted as a sort of overlap between subscales; hence, items found to have content overlap are suggested to be removed from the item pool (see for example Abbott & Sapsford, 2006;Cheng & Chan, 2005).…”

Section: Ryff's Psychological Well-being Scalementioning

confidence: 99%

Construct Validation of Ryff's Psychological Well-being Scale: Evidence From Filipino Teachers in the Philippines

Villarosa¹,

Ganotice²

2018

PJP

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Research on psychological well-being has given attention to employees in various industries but research involving teachers particularly in non-Western contexts remains scarce. Using both within-and betweennetwork validation approaches, this study attends to gaps in literature through the examination of the psychometric properties of 42-item Ryff's Psychological Well-being Scale -a theory-derived scale which taps six core dimensions of psychological well-being: autonomy, environmental mastery, personal growth, positive relations with others, purpose in life, and self-acceptance. Through confirmatory factor analysis, data from 237 Filipino teachers provide support for the a priori six-factor model although a number of items obtained poor factor loadings. Betweennetwork analysis suggests that these dimensions are linked to job performance. Findings are discussed in relation to the development of potential research agenda using the scale in the Philippine context.

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“…A number of other factors, objective and subjective, have also been shown to influence subjective satisfaction fairly consistently In the CIS, in addition to economic circumstances, trust, social support (having friends and family to rely on), social inclusion (e.g. being in employment, being married, belonging to a civil society organisation), health and feeling in control of one's life have been shown to contribute to explaining general satisfaction (Abbott 2007;Abbott and Sapsford 2006;Galip 2009;Kanji 2007;Namazie and Sandfrey 2002). Age, gender, education and employment status generally have only a small impact.…”

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“…To do this we have to consider the articulation between the quality of society and the subjective quality of individuals' lives within it (e.g. Abbott 2007; Abbott and Sapsford 2006;Abbott and Wallace 2007;Bohnke 2005;Phillips 2006;Veenhoven 2008). We have to go beyond a description of objective living conditions and take account of citizens' subjective understanding of their life situation and the extent to which they feel able to make the necessary choices in order to act to secure their wellbeing-to choose a style of life they value (Phillips 2006;Abbott and Wallace 2009b, c).…”

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“…Much of the research on the impact of the post-1991 structural transformation on the well-being of the societies and the citizens of the former USSR has focused on the Russian Federation and has demonstrated that the changes have had a dramatically negative impact on the welfare of the societies and the population (see e.g. Abbott 2007; Abbott and Sapsford 2006;Wallace 2007, 2009a; Burawoy 1997Burawoy , 2000Burawoy , 2001Burawoy et al 2000;Shevchenko 2009;Rose 2009;Wallace and Abbott 2009). However, much less is known about the impact of the transformation on the life-satisfaction of those who have survived in other CIS countries, including the Central Asian Republics and the Caucasus, although the very limited research, mostly looking at the Central Asian Republics, suggests that there has been a negative impact (Abbott 2002;Abbott and Wallace 2009a;Cockerham et al 2004;De la Sablonniere et al 2009;Galip 2009;Kanji 2007;Namazie and Sandfrey 2002;Nazpary 2002;Richardson et al 2008;Wallace and Abbott 2009).…”

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Surviving the Transformation: Social Quality in Central Asia and the Caucuses

2010

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This paper develops a sociologically informed understanding of what influences the lives and life-choices of people living in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan (Central Asian Republics) and Armenia and Georgia (the Caucasus), four of the successor states of the Soviet Union that suffered significant social and economic changes following the collapse of the Union in 1991. The focus is on the nature of these societies for their citizens; ultimately we are concerned to understand what makes a society liveable for all, what type of society enables people to be generally satisfied with their lives. To do this we use the Social Quality model to derive indicators from which to model what makes for a liveable or at least tolerable society. The model is validated by reference to subjective satisfaction-how people feel about life in general-as the ultimate outcome indicator of individual well-being. The data we use were collected as part of a broader study of living conditions, lifestyles and health in eight of the successor states of the Soviet Union, the Confederation of Independent States (CIS).

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Life-Satisfaction in Post-Soviet Russia and Ukraine

Cited by 65 publications

References 21 publications

The quality of life and satisfaction with life of women who are childless by choice

The quality of life and satisfaction with life of women who are childless by choice

Construct Validation of Ryff's Psychological Well-being Scale: Evidence From Filipino Teachers in the Philippines

Surviving the Transformation: Social Quality in Central Asia and the Caucuses

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