The stability and sensitivity of subjective well-being measures

Horley, James; Lavery, J. John

doi:10.1007/bf00300356

Cited by 25 publications

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“…Regarding life satisfaction, Lykken and Tellegen (1996) demonstrated that 80 per cent of the stable variance across intervals of 4.5-10 years was heritable. Although life satisfaction judgments are sensitive to cataclysmic or life-changing events (Horley & Lavery, 1991) as well as daily uplifts and hassles (Hart, 1999), longitudinal research has demonstrated that the effects of stressors on life satisfaction generally are ephemeral, and assessments of personal happiness return to dispositional levels with the passage of time (Suh, Diener, & Fujita, 1996). Therefore, we would expect NA to be directly related to job and life satisfaction, as measures of these constructs are likely to tap the same underlying temperamental processes.…”

Section: Job and Life (Dis)satisfactionmentioning

confidence: 94%

Modeling negative affectivity and job stress: a contingency‐based approach

Barsky

Thoresen²,

Warren

et al. 2004

J Organ Behavior

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SummaryUnderstanding the role of negative affectivity (NA) in relations between job stressors and resultant strains has been a major source of research interest in the organizational literature for almost two decades. In this study, we propose a contingency approach, whereby the role of NA depends on the nature of the strain construct under investigation. Specifically, we predicted that perceived job stressors would fully mediate the relationship between NA and turnover intentions, while job stressors would only partially mediate the relationship between NA and job and life satisfaction, and job stressors would be unrelated to depression once NA was taken into account. The relative fit of these four models is tested utilizing data from two divergent samples (sales representatives and managers) employing both self-and informant reports of strain measures where feasible. Hypotheses regarding the specified nature of the NA ! stressor ! strain relationship generally were supported and replicated across samples. In addition, an alternate model specifying that NA moderates the relationship between stressors and strains was not supported for any strain variable.

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Section: Job and Life (Dis)satisfactionmentioning

confidence: 94%

Modeling negative affectivity and job stress: a contingency‐based approach

Barsky

Thoresen²,

Warren

et al. 2004

J Organ Behavior

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“…In line with previous work, the item was dichotomized with a score of 6 or higher representing a high level of life satisfaction (Currie, et al, 2012). Psychometric evaluation has deemed the Cantril Ladder to be a valid and reliable measure (Horley & Lavery, 1991).…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Comparing self-reported leisure-time physical activity, subjective health, and life satisfaction among youth soccer players and adolescents in a reference sample

Wold

Duda

Balaguer

et al. 2013

International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

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“…Even if subjective well-being in general population has been suggested to be quite stable [9,17-23], it has also been pointed out that the apparent stability should not be due to the insensitivity of measurements to change or due to fact that most people report satisfaction with life [17,20]. However, this is not the case with psychiatric patients and life satisfaction, among whom life satisfaction has been shown to be lower than in any other patient group [9] and to improve markedly concurrently with their recovery from depression [10].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%