Not Only the Amount Counts: he Positive Effect of a Balanced Life on Well-being
Date Issued
2008
Date
2008
Author(s)
Chen, Chao-Yu
Abstract
Most previous research have indicated that life domain satisfaction can promote global well-being. However, the main purpose of this study is to examine the effect of balanced life satisfaction on global well-being and to prove the mechanism of balanced life. In study 1, results indicated that the standard deviation of life satisfactions across life domains had significant influence on the Global Well-being. Multiple regression analysis showed that this remained significant when the average of satisfaction was controlled for. In study 2, the author measured “need fulfillment” in multiple life domains for capturing the satisfaction in multiple life domains. Then we created three imbalanced indicators. Simple correlation showed higher imbalanced scores were associated with less Global Well-being. Multiple regression demonstrated that the ceiling effect and the scarcity hypothesis are the mechanism of balanced life. Finally, further discussion and recommendation were proposed.
Subjects
balanced life
life satisfaction
need, global well-being
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