The impact of life role salience on life satisfaction

Abstract

The authors examined the relationships among life role salience, role strain, coping efficacy, and life satisfaction for adults (N = 125) who combine multiple life roles. Causal modeling procedures were used to test hypotheses based on D. E. Super's (1980, 1990) life‐span, life‐space theory and the social cognitive career theory (R. W. Lent, S. D. Brown, & G. Hackett, 2000). They hypothesized that high role salience would be related to high levels of role strain and that coping efficacy would mediate the impact of role strain on participants' life satisfaction. Results indicated that the proposed model fit the data for the present sample.

Life role salience and subjective well-being among Macedonian employees: Does family-supportive organization perception moderate this relationship

“…In other words, considerable time invested in and more emotion attached to marital role lead to energy consumption, which in turn increases exhaustion based on high job demands as a condition that also needs energy. This is consistent with the reported positive link between psychological commitment to the role and role strain [9] and with the assumption of role theory that multiple life roles result in the inter-role conflict when individuals experience difficulty performing each role successfully because of conflicting demands [1].…”

“…It has been reported that this is especially true when engagement requires substantial time. Similarly, Perrone and Civiletto [9] found that only role commitment as one of the 3 aspects of role salience was a significant contributor to role strain, explaining that probably participation in a role or value expectations about a role did not necessarily lead to role strain, but it was psychological commitment to the role that related to role strain. In addition, they reported that role strain affected life satisfaction indirectly through coping efficacy [9].…”

“…Similarly, Perrone and Civiletto [9] found that only role commitment as one of the 3 aspects of role salience was a significant contributor to role strain, explaining that probably participation in a role or value expectations about a role did not necessarily lead to role strain, but it was psychological commitment to the role that related to role strain. In addition, they reported that role strain affected life satisfaction indirectly through coping efficacy [9]. Greenhaus and Powell [10] stated that in many studies positive relationship between role salience and work-family conflict was reported.…”

Étude des conflits inter-rôles

“…Cette distinction n'est, toutefois, pas toujours précisée dans les écrits portant sur les conflits entre le travail et la famille. Lorsque ces concepts sont considérés de façon différenciée, l'engagement dans les rôles semble plus associé aux conflits entre le travail et la famille que la valorisation de ces derniers (O'Neil et Greenberger, 1994;Perrone et Civiletto, 2004). Cette distinction a mené certains auteurs à privilégier, aux fins d'étude, la notion d'engagement dans les rôles plutôt que celle de la valorisation (Campbell et Campbell, 1995;Fournier, Lachance et Bujold, 2009 (Fournier et al, 2009), se sont intéressés aux profils d'engagement dans le rôle de travailleur et divers rôles familiaux, ces derniers étant identiques à ceux de Lachance et ses collaborateurs (2006).…”

Adaptação e validação do Inventário de Saliência (Salience Inventory) para adultos brasileiros

“…The central roles constitute the "core of who the individual is; are fundamental for the identity and essential for life satisfaction" (Savickas, 2002, p. 159). The multiplicity of roles can bring about confl ict and distress, as well as fulfi llment and life satisfaction (Super, 1980), since it can trigger diffi culties of commitment to any of them (Biggs & Brough, 2005;Frone, Russel, & Barnes, 1996;Ng & Feldman, 2007;O'Neil & Greenberger, 1994;Perrone & Civiletto, 2004;Super, 1980;Thoits, 1983) or allow the individual to realize to their interests, needs and values through the various roles, as the positive experience in a central role can affect the performance of others (Barnett, 1994;Cool, 1990;Cool et al, 1996). This relationship between the simultaneous performance of roles has been associated with the possibility of managing their demands (Grönlund, 2007;Perrone, AEgisdóttir, Webb, & Blalock, 2006;Possatti & Dias, 2002).…”