The gold standard for life satisfaction
Confirmation and elaboration using an imaginary scale and qualitative interview
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12595286 |
|---|---|
| Authors | D Mellor (0000-0001-5007-5906, corresponding author), David T Mellor (0000-0002-3125-5888), Robert A Cummins (0000-0001-9014-7193), Claude Loquet |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 263-278 |
| Publication date | 1999-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Social Research Methodology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1364-5579 • E-ISSN: 1464-5300 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/136455799294952 |
| OpenAlex | W2077961933 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
It has now been established that normative samples drawn from Western populations report mean levels of life satisfaction that lie within 70-80 percent of the scale maximum. This study tests whether such consistency is an artifact of Likert scales, and also examines the cognitive processes people employ in making such judgements. Forty-two undergraduate psychology students were asked to describe an imagined worst and best life for themselves. They then rated their current life on a 100 point imaginary scale connecting their worst and best life, and completed a standard life satisfaction scale. The values obtained from the imaginary scale yielded a mean of 76.1 percent and correlated 0.79 with the standard scale. It was concluded that the normative standard for life satisfaction was not an artifact of scale construction. Life satisfaction judgement was found to be dominated by the life domain of intimacy and to confirm the types of comparisons predicted by multiple discrepancies theory
Developmental psychology · Judgement · Life satisfaction · Likert scale · Normative · Psychotherapist · Scale (ratio · The Imaginary · Aging and Gerontology Research · Optimism, Hope, and Well-being · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Social Psychology
Maintaining Life Satisfaction
Women's Satisfaction with Life Following Marital Separation
Universal Disadvantage
Investigating the affective part of subjective well-being (SWB) by means of sentiment analysis
Personal and Planetary Well-being
Comparing the Level of Positive Tendency in a Life Satisfaction Evaluation between Chinese and Western People
Working part-time
Work-life balance/imbalance
| Unique citing works | 8 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2002 - 2020 (19) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |