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University Students' Emotions, Life-Satisfaction and Study Commitment: A Self-Determination Theoretical Perspective
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Hagenauer, Gerda; Gläser-Zikuda, Michaela; Moschner, Barbara – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2018
Based on self-determination theory, this study seeks to explore whether a study environment that provides relevant conditions for students' basic psychological need-satisfaction can lead to more positive and less negative emotional experiences. It also addresses the question of how emotions experienced in the university context are related to…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Learner Engagement, Affective Behavior, Self Determination
Terminal Change across Facets of Affective Experience and Domain Satisfaction: Commonalities, Differences, and Bittersweet Emotions at the End of Life
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Gerstorf, Denis; Hülür, Gizem; Wagner, Gert G.; Kunzmann, Ute; Ram, Nilam – Developmental Psychology, 2018
General well-being is known to deteriorate sharply at the end of life. However, it is an open question how rates of terminal change differ across affective and evaluative facets of well-being and if individual difference correlates operate in facet-specific ways. We examined how discrete affective states (happy, angry, fearful, sad) and…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Life Satisfaction, Health, Leisure Time
Volunteering and Subjective Well-Being in Later Adulthood: Is Self-Efficacy the Key?
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Muller, Doreen; Ziegelmann, Jochen P.; Simonson, Julia; Tesch-Römer, Clemens; Huxhold, Oliver – International Journal of Developmental Science, 2014
This study investigated age differences in longitudinal effects of volunteering on three facets of subjective well-being (SWB), i.e. positive affect (PA), negative affect (NA), and life satisfaction (LS). Both direct and indirect effects with self-efficacy as mediator were tested. Longitudinal structural equation modeling was used on 5,564…
Descriptors: Volunteers, Well Being, Affective Behavior, Life Satisfaction
On the Sunny Side of Life: Sunshine Effects on Life Satisfaction
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Kampfer, Sylvia; Mutz, Michael – Social Indicators Research, 2013
This paper seeks to analyze the influence of the weather on a person's self-reported life satisfaction. On a theoretical level, it is claimed that "nice" weather can improve the affective well-being of a person. Given this, it is argued that affects can, in turn, have an impact on that person's general assessment of his or her life. In…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Well Being, Life Satisfaction, Weather
Does the Importance of Parent and Peer Relationships for Adolescents' Life Satisfaction Vary across Cultures?
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Schwarz, Beate; Mayer, Boris; Trommsdorff, Gisela; Ben-Arieh, Asher; Friedlmeier, Mihaela; Lubiewska, Katarzyna; Mishra, Ramesh; Peltzer, Karl – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2012
This study investigated whether the associations between (a) the quality of the parent-child relationship and peer acceptance and (b) early adolescents' life satisfaction differed depending on the importance of family values in the respective culture. As part of the Value of Children Study, data from a subsample of N = 1,034 adolescents (58%…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Life Satisfaction, Parent Child Relationship, Adolescents
Degree and Content of Negative Meaning in Four Different Age Groups in Germany
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Read, Sanna; Westerhof, Gerben J.; Dittmann-Kohli, Freya – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2005
The aim of this study was to investigate the degree and content of negative meaning (i.e., negative evaluations, motivations, feelings) in four different age groups of men and women in East- and West-Germany. A sample was drawn from 290 cities in Germany which was stratified according to four age groups (18-25, 40-54, 55-69, and 70-85), gender and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Age Differences, Developmental Stages, Gender Differences