Social Interactions and Life Satisfaction: Evidence from Latin America

Ateca-Amestoy, Victoria; Aguilar, Alexandra Cortés; Moro‐Egido, Ana I.

doi:10.1007/s10902-013-9434-y

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“…One reason for the fact that men do not seem value job satisfaction more than women in a more conservative context can possible be explained by the fact that women who value work less are less often employed in such a context. In sum, this study confirms the results from other studies that the quality of intimate relationships, such as relationships within the family, are of major importance for people's level of happiness [7,10,12,13]. However, the results from this study indicate that there exist gender differences in contexts characterised by a relatively conservative gender ideology and division of labour.…”

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The Importance of Job and Family Satisfaction for Happiness among Women and Men in Different Gender Regimes

Nordenmark

2017

Societies

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Abstract:The family and the work place are two arenas of central importance for most adult people. Consequently, one can assume that the level of satisfaction with one's family life and job may be critical to one's level of happiness in general. However, there are reasons to believe that there are variations according to gender and gender regime. The general aim of this study is to analyse the relative importance of job satisfaction and satisfaction with family life for happiness among women and men in different gender regimes. Analyses are based on comparative data from the International Social Survey Program 2012. Results show that the level of satisfaction with family life appears more important to the general level of happiness than the level of job satisfaction. This is true for both women and men and in different gender regimes. However, the level of satisfaction with family life appears less important to men's level of happiness in countries representing a conservative gender regime. Another interesting related result is that the level of happiness appears generally lower among women living in a conservative gender regime.

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“…Close and intimate relationships are of major importance for people's levels of wellbeing and life satisfaction [7,10,12,13]. One of the most central arenas for developing intimate relationships is the family.…”

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The Importance of Job and Family Satisfaction for Happiness among Women and Men in Different Gender Regimes

Nordenmark

2017

Societies

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“…With the increase in individuals' own social capital stock, the higher their life satisfaction [41,42]. As one of the important factors affecting life satisfaction, many scholars have conducted extensive research on social capital [43][44][45][46], they consider that there is a strong and significant relationship between social capital and residents' life satisfaction [47]. Structural social capital can help to form a network connection consisted of community members by participating in community activities, so as to increase the richness of community life and thereby increase residents' life satisfaction.…”

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“…The results show that there are significant positive effects of structural social capital and cognitive social capital on life satisfaction. Structural social capital such as the residents' social participation, social interaction and acquired social support can increase residents' happiness and enhance their satisfaction [47]. Similarly, residents' trust in others and the communities, the belonging sense to the communities and the cohesiveness can also increase their life satisfaction [21].…”

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Examining Relationships between Social Capital, Emotion Experience and Life Satisfaction for Sustainable Community

Zou

Wang

2018

Sustainability

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Abstract:As an important component of urban construction, the community sustainable construction is of great significance to the social development. Despite the importance of the social dimension of community sustainability, it has received relatively little attention when compared to the sustainability of environmental and economic dimensions. Based on the literature review, it is found that the social dimension of the sustainable community, such as residents' psychological feelings, social capital, has a strong effect on the sustainability of communities. This paper, therefore, conducts an empirical study on the mediating role of emotion experience on the associations between social capital and life satisfaction. Research on the relationship between them can help to generate synergies and strengthen the effect of promoting community sustainable development. A total of 229 complete responses from residents in China is used for data analysis. Results from the multiple linear regression analysis indicate that social capital has the significant positive effect on life satisfaction; the influence of social capital on life satisfaction is partly mediated by positive and negative affect, the social capital improves the life satisfaction through promoting positive affect, while it enhances the life satisfaction through restraining the negative affect. Based on the relationship between them, the relevant recommendations for the measures on the sustainable community can be proposed.

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“…While Keyes (2005) pointed out that only a small proportion of American adults are flourishing (18%), and a similar proportion are languishing, in our study, we found two times more flourishing Argentinean adults and three times fewer languishing individuals. Many variables may affect the prevalence of mental health such as the way the economy operates in a specific country, the public safety, the political system, healthcare, education and the public spaces to which people have access, among other things (Ateca-Amestoy, Aguilar, & Moro-Egido, 2014). Methodological issues could also be responsible of such divergences, for instance our study is based on an urban sample of adults of the major city of Argentina with easy access to health and educational services.…”

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Assessment of the Mental Health Continuum in a Sample of Argentinean Adults

Góngora¹,

Solano²

2017

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The aims of this study are 1) to evaluate the mental health continuum and the dual-continua model classifications in a sample of Argentinean adults; and 2) to compare the mental health prevalence according to demographic variables and the presence of significant psychiatric symptoms. The sample included 627 adults (49.8% males and 50.2% females). The mean age of participants was 40.62 years old. The Symptom Checklist-90-Revised and the Mental Health Continuum-Short Form were used in the study. A high proportion of adults had flourishing mental health (39.7%), and only a minority had languishing mental health (5.7%). Higher mental health was related only to having income. Having any mental disorder significantly decreased mental health status, and individuals were more languishing and less flourishing in all mental disorder categories. Findings showed Argentinean adults to have very good mental health.

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Social Interactions and Life Satisfaction: Evidence from Latin America

Cited by 59 publications

References 92 publications

The Importance of Job and Family Satisfaction for Happiness among Women and Men in Different Gender Regimes

The Importance of Job and Family Satisfaction for Happiness among Women and Men in Different Gender Regimes

Examining Relationships between Social Capital, Emotion Experience and Life Satisfaction for Sustainable Community

Assessment of the Mental Health Continuum in a Sample of Argentinean Adults

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