Test of a Model of Domain Satisfactions and Well-Being

Carp, Frances M.; Carp, Abraham

doi:10.1177/0164027582004004005

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“…For example, based on results from large-scale social surveys Campbell (1976Campbell ( , 1981 was among the first to propose that a sense of well-being encompassed LS, PA, and NA, which were later reconceptualized as two major components: satisfaction-dissatisfaction and happiness, defined as the balance between PA and NA. 4 According to Campbell, although these two dimensions were moderately interrelated (i.e., r = .50), each tapped different aspects of life experience that do "not always move together" (Campbell, 1981, p. 38) and thus should be treated separately (also see Andrews & Withey, 1976;Carp & Carp, 1982.…”

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A Review of the Tripartite Structure of Subjective Well-Being: Implications for Conceptualization, Operationalization, Analysis, and Synthesis

Busseri

Sadava

2010

Pers Soc Psychol Rev

361

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Subjective well-being (SWB) comprises a global evaluation of life satisfaction and positive and negative affective reactions to one's life. Despite the apparent simplicity of this tripartite model, the structure of SWB remains in question. In the present review, the authors identify five prominent structural conceptualizations in which SWB is cast variously as three separate components, a hierarchical construct, a causal system, a composite, and as configurations of components. Supporting evidence for each of these models is reviewed, strengths and weaknesses are evaluated, and commonalities and discrepancies among approaches are described. The authors demonstrate how current ambiguities concerning the tripartite structure of SWB have fundamental implications for conceptualization, measurement, analysis, and synthesis. Given these ambiguities, it is premature to propose a definitive structure of SWB. Rather, the authors outline a research agenda comprising both short-term and longer-term steps toward resolving these foundational, yet largely unaddressed, issues concerning SWB.

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Section: Model 1: Swb As Three Separate Componentsmentioning

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A Review of the Tripartite Structure of Subjective Well-Being: Implications for Conceptualization, Operationalization, Analysis, and Synthesis

Busseri

Sadava

2010

Pers Soc Psychol Rev

361

269

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“…Health, economic assets, and strong social ties are important to life quality in large part because they provide us with strong and rewarding identities, validate our sense of self-worth, and help us feel that we have a significant degree of control over the directions that our lives take. Indeed, the strongest evidence of the importance of social psychological resources is their established role in mediating between~the objective conditions of our lives and our subjective experience of life (e.g., Carp & Carp, 1982;Krause, 1987;Nonis & Murrell, 1984).…”

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Dignity and Quality of Life in Old Age

George¹

1998

Journal of Gerontological Social Work

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“…Accommodation is reflected by differences in the strength of the relationship between objective and subjective measures of economic well-being among demographic groups (Campbell, Converse, & Rogers, 1976;Carp & Carp, 1982;Fletcher & Lorenz, 1985;Strumpel, 1974).…”

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Use of an Income-Equivalence Scale to Understand Age-Related Changes in Financial Strain

Francoeur

2002

Res Aging

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Income-equivalence scales (IES) provide distinct advantages over poverty indices to adjust family income for differences in family size, including improved specification of hypothesized causal relationships involving objective measures of economic well-being. In a novel IES application, cancer patients' out-of-pocket health costs are adjusted for differences in family income and size and, along with five other subindices, contribute to an overall index of "objective family financial stress." Age-related changes are modeled simultaneously within relationships between overall objective family financial stress and subjective patient perceptions about financial strain. Among the findings, the impact of age on one area of subjective financial strain, "difficulty paying bills," is negative and curvilinear. Regardless of adjusted out-of-pocket costs, as age advances, patients appear increasingly likely to accommodate to financial stress by reporting less difficulty paying bills. This phenomenon could serve to mask and isolate older adults who are foregoing needed yet unaffordable medical care and prescriptions.The use of income-equivalence scales (IES) to adjust family income for differences in family size is described, with a novel application to derive out-of-pocket health costs that are adjusted for family income and family size. IES provide distinct advantages over the use of poverty indices. One important empirical advantage pertains to improved specification of hypothesized functional causal relationships involving objective measures of economic well-being.Causal relationships involving social structural variables and measures of objective and subjective economic well-being will be our initial focus for discussion. This will lead to a discussion and derivation of IES, which are necessary to specify this causal relationship. Then, in a unique application of IES, out-of-pocket health costs incurred by patients with recurrent cancer are adjusted for differences in family size and income and will be incorporated into an even broader index of overall objective family financial stress. Finally, curvilinear and moderated relationships based on this overall index and adult patient age will be tested in simultaneous causal relationships to three measures, in addition to a latent construct, of "subjective patient financial strain." Social Stratification as a Description of AccommodationAccording to social stratification theory and empirical findings, the social structural features reflected by demographic variables such as sex, race, and age interact over time to reflect different degrees of restrictions or barriers over access to economic resources and opportunities. This results in greater barriers within groups that are older, female, and/or a minority (Becker, 1971;Blau, 1977;Blau & Duncan, 1967;Chiswick & O'Neill, 1977;Corcoran & Duncan, 1978;Duncan, 1968;Foner, 1975;Lloyd & Niemi, 1979;Moody, 1994;Riley, Johnson, & Foner, 1972). Disadvantaged groups are more likely to experience fixed economic situations due ...

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Test of a Model of Domain Satisfactions and Well-Being

Cited by 43 publications

References 13 publications

A Review of the Tripartite Structure of Subjective Well-Being: Implications for Conceptualization, Operationalization, Analysis, and Synthesis

A Review of the Tripartite Structure of Subjective Well-Being: Implications for Conceptualization, Operationalization, Analysis, and Synthesis

Dignity and Quality of Life in Old Age

Use of an Income-Equivalence Scale to Understand Age-Related Changes in Financial Strain

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