Original scientific paper

Life Satisfaction at Adolescence and Adulthood

Zvjezdan Penezić

Abstract

Life satisfaction and related constructs such as well-being,
happiness and quality of life are newer constructs of, so-
-called, positive psychology. The intention of the scientist is to
discriminate, investigate and theoretically explain these
constructs. Life satisfaction is often conceptualized as one of
three key aspects of psychological (or subjective) well-being,
the others being positive and negative affect. It stands
together with the affective elements to yield a relatively
comprehensive picture of psychological well-being. Great
numbers of previous researches have not found consistent results about the relation between life satisfaction and age,
so one of the aims of this research was to investigate
possible age differences. Results have shown that there were
no significant differences in general satisfaction with life, but
age differences were evident in the temporal satisfaction with
life. Satisfaction with earlier life was the lowest in the group
of middle-aged subjects, while the expectation of future
satisfaction with life was the highest among the group of
younger adolescents. Some differences have been observed
in self-esteem, as well. Self-esteem was the lowest in the
group of younger adolescents. General satisfaction with life
has the highest correlation with temporal satisfaction with life
and temporal self-esteem. According to some previous
research, sociodemographic variables were good predictors
of general life satisfaction.

Keywords

general life satisfaction; temporal life satisfaction; adolescence; adulthood

Hrčak ID:

10864

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/10864

Publication date:

31.10.2006.

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