ICPs only reported
less life satisfaction (MICP = 10.40, SD = 6.57; Mpartner = 17.67, SD = 7.12; t (49) = − 6.63, P < 0.001) and less positive affect (MICP = 10.40, SD = 6.57; Mpartner = 17.67, SD = 7.12; t (49) = − 2.79, P < 0.01) than their partners.
We are all well aware of the impact divorce has on children (greater unhappiness,
less life satisfaction, higher rates of depression, weaker sense of personal control.)
However, a reverse result was found in the US: higher offline friendship quality was associated with
less life satisfaction.
Not exact matches
Just a little time spent reading every week is correlated with higher
life satisfaction, greater creativity, more empathy, and
less loneliness.
People are
less likely to be dissatisfied with market volatility if they feel in control of their financial
life, according to a study published last month in the Journal of Behavioral Science, entitled, Market Volatility and Financial
Satisfaction: The Role of Financial Self - Efficacy.
This initial data showed that more active Facebook users reported higher
life -
satisfaction and
less loneliness.
People who gave us permission to use their Facebook data were on average younger (48 years vs. 57 years), more educated, more likely to be female (58 % vs. 50 %), and more likely to be unmarried (66 % vs. 71 %), with slightly lower scores on mental health and
life satisfaction, significantly more self - reported friends (4.5 vs. 4.0), and
less time spent interacting in person with real - world friends.
Compared with people at low - trust companies, people at high - trust companies report: 74 %
less stress, 106 % more energy at work, 50 % higher productivity, 13 % fewer sick days, 76 % more engagement, 29 % more
satisfaction with their
lives, 40 %
less burnout.
Less - educated males of recent cohorts are likely to face diminished employment and earnings opportunities and other attendant maladies, including poorer health, high probability of incarceration, and generally lower
life satisfaction.»
The study found that freelancers age 35 and up are actually
less likely than their millennial counterparts to return to full - time employment, and more than half of freelancers in this more veteran age bracket report
satisfaction with their work -
life balance.
Working - class people in the 1960s, an era of
less material comfort than today, when surveyed largely expressed
satisfaction with their
lives and their communities.
In «The Gospel of Yes» Mike Glenn shows the Gospel is giving us greater freedom, joy,
satisfaction, and fulfillment in this
life; not
less.
To the contrary, God and His Gospel are about giving us greater freedom, greater joy, greater
satisfaction, and greater fulfillment in this
life; not
less.
Marital intercourse is purified when the urge for self -
satisfaction plays a
lesser part in it, intercourse being rather sought,
lived, and felt as participation and particularly as other - centred donative love.
The same disparity existed among the two groups on questions about family
life: ex-pastors reported much
less satisfaction, and said they experienced «resentment from their spouses because of the high time demands and low pay of ministry.»
They are more calm,
less stressed, and have a higher
satisfaction with
life.
In a 2008 study, scientists at the Peninsula Medical School in the U.K. assessed the well - being of nearly 10,000 people over the age of 50 and found that smokers in the group reported lower - than - average levels of pleasure and
less satisfaction with their
lives than the nonsmokers.
LIVE SCIENCE — Feb 12 — New research shows that popular people who appear to be the most socially appropriate are often highly sought after as romantic partners, but these people show
less satisfaction and commitment in relationships than socially - awkward people.
Simplicity of
living means meeting
life face - to - face... The objective is not dogmatically to
live with
less, but is a more demanding intention of
living with balance in order to find a
life of greater purpose, fulfillment, and
satisfaction...
A
life with
Less becomes a
life of More: more time, more
satisfaction, more balance, and more security.
Psychologists studying the relationship between how we make choices and our
life satisfaction have found that those who put the greatest effort into making choices are rewarded with
less happiness.
Psychologists studying the relationship between how we make choices and our
life satisfaction have found that those who put the greatest effort into making choices are rewarded with
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• Generation X lawyers felt their work had
less social impact with lower levels of work -
life balance and exhibited
less overall
satisfaction.
The researchers» own «modest empirical study» found that law students who found ways to use their top strengths in daily
life were
less likely to report depression and more likely to report
satisfaction.
This might be unresolved traumatic events or
less - than - optimal conditions that either overtly or covertly negatively influence
life and relational
satisfaction.
Married couples enjoy a higher level of happiness and
life satisfaction, and are
less likely to commit suicide.
Going back to expectations, when couples expect their plans to fall through sometimes, and learn how to develop back - up plans and face
life's crises with hope and humor, there is
less stress and more
satisfaction in the marriage.
Macan et al. (Macan, Shahani, Dipboye, & Phillips, 1990) showed that those participating in greater time management behaviours (i.e. problem - focused coping) demonstrated greater job and
life satisfaction and
less tension.
The article's authors found that people with anxious attachment styles reported higher levels of cell phone conflict than those with
less anxious attachment styles and that phubbing indirectly impacted depression through relationship
satisfaction and, ultimately,
life satisfaction.
Being broken up with can interfere with our stamina to pursue personal goals, leave us feeling
less clear about who we are, and put a serious dent in our
life satisfaction Breaking up is hard to do: the impact of unmarried relationship dissolution on mental health and
life satisfaction.
Valuing happiness was associated with lower hedonic balance, lower psychological well - being,
less satisfaction with
life, and higher depressive symptoms.
Aside from the intrinsic motivation to have a good sex
life (i.e., good sex feels really, well, good), research has strongly established that sexual
satisfaction is closely tied to relationship
satisfaction.1 In longitudinal studies where couples are followed over time, sexual
satisfaction also predicts, such that
less sexual
satisfaction is tied to an increased chance of divorce.2 So, when it comes to relationship health, sex matters.
If your
life has become overwhelming, your relationships difficult to manage, or if you are experiencing
less satisfaction at work or home, then therapy may be a positive step to alleviate your current difficulties.
With this in mind, my purpose here is to summarize these principles in a way that will help you identify what you can do, more or
less of, to adopt and apply these principles in a way that will increase your relationship
satisfaction and the likelihood that it will endure the inevitable challenges of
life.
One recent highly publicized article reported that married couples who split domestic chores in an egalitarian manner had sex
less often, and reported
less satisfaction with their sex
lives, than couples who adhered to more to conventional gender behaviors.
The
less self - esteem and
life satisfaction students reported, the more likely they were to be lonely.
As the US students within this study were all
living away from their friends at home, they spend
less time with those friends and this has a negative association with both their
life satisfaction and friendship qualities.
Regardless of hearing status and country, greater mixed friendship quality was associated with
less loneliness and more
life satisfaction.
Cross-sectional and prospective multilevel analyses demonstrated that increases in forgiveness (measured as fluctuations in individuals» avoidance, revenge, and benevolence motivations toward their transgressors) were related to within - persons increases in psychological well - being (measured as more
satisfaction with
life, more positive mood,
less negative mood, and fewer physical symptoms).
However, bullies perceived more stress and expressed
less satisfaction with
life, as did the other two groups, namely victims and bully / victims.
[jounal] Lambert, N. M. / 2009 / More gratitude,
less materialism: The mediating role of
life satisfaction / The Journal of Positive Psychology 4 (1): 32 ~ 42