Studies on the influence of the political mainstream
on the life satisfaction of conservatives or liberals found out that, all in all, conservatives are happier.
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More specifically, according to a recent study focusing on the role of self -
compassion on life satisfaction and hope (Yang, Zhang, & Kou, 2016) and testing a sample of Chinese adults demonstrated that self - compassion indeed is positively associated with life satisfaction and added that hope plays a mediating role between self - compassion and life satisfaction.
As shown in Table 7, the effect for intrapersonal
spirituality on life satisfaction was partially mediated through positive emotions, with the indirect effect accounting for approximately half of the total effect when mediated through overall positive emotions and for over two thirds of the total effect when mediated through contentment.
Thinking about smiling, marriage and well - being, one piece of research that every student of positive psychology can reel off is the Yearbook Study, in which the genuineness (or «Duchenne - ness» as Chris Peterson calls it) of women students» smiles in their college yearbook photos predicted, 30 years later, whether they were married and scored
highly on life satisfaction, good relationships and managing stress.
In addition, this cross-sectional study did not support the reverse impact of problem
behaviour on life satisfaction and positive youth development (Model 3) or that of life satisfaction on positive youth development proposed by the researchers (e.g., Meyers and Meyers 2003), and thus further demonstrated the directionality from positive youth development to life satisfaction and problem behaviour.
Finally, positive psychology interventions emphasize growth of character traits and behavioral practices to improve well - being and
focus on life satisfaction (e.g., mindfulness), but not through instilling skills or competencies.
While social capital theory and self - determination theory suggest that quality colleague relationships have a positive
impact on life satisfaction, social role theory suggests that the strength of this relationship varies on the basis of gender.
Model 6: It was hypothesized that positive youth development would have a positive
effect on life satisfaction and a negative effect on problem behaviour, with life satisfaction and problem behaviour having a bidirectional relationship.
One of the most interesting results came from a cross-cultural
research on life satisfaction and self - esteem, which was conducted in 31 countries.
Method: 33 women with PCOS were assessed with the Symptom - Checklist (SCL -90-R),
Questions on life satisfaction (FLZ) and the Essener Coping Questionnaire (EFK).
«Having spare time and perceiving control over how to spend that time (i.e. discretionary time) has been shown to have a strong and consistent effect
on life satisfaction and happiness, even controlling for the actual amount of free time one has.»
... We show that the construction of a wind turbine within a radius of 4,000 metres has a significant negative and sizeable effect
on life satisfaction.
Having children had a particular negative effect
on the life satisfaction of partnered men; and living with an unemployed partner together with lack of social contact and high enforced activity had a negative effect on life satisfaction in partnered women.
Among those with low levels of traditional norms, the WRI has no effect
on life satisfaction, whereas among those who prefer traditional gender roles, the negative association is stronger.
Autonomy satisfaction had a direct positive effect
on life satisfaction but did not show any mediation effect.
The operant mechanisms may be that the more adolescents participate in leisure activities, the more opportunities for basic need satisfaction they get, and this may have a higher positive effect
on their life satisfaction.
While gender moderated the effect of colleague relationships
on life satisfaction, the moderated mediation effect of knowledge sharing on life satisfaction was not supported.