Life Satisfaction Set Point
Stability and Change
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6205571 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Frank Fujita (Indiana University South Bend), Ed Diener (0000-0002-7418-4282) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 88 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 158-164 |
| Publication date | 2005-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/0022-3514.88.1.158 |
| PMID | 15631581 |
| OpenAlex | W2151060465 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 190 |
| References cited | 16 |
Using data from 17 years of a large and nationally representative panel study from Germany, the authors examined whether there is a set point for life satisfaction (LS)--stability across time, even though it can be perturbed for short periods by life events. The authors found that 24% of respondents changed significantly in LS from the first 5 years to the last 5 years and that stability declined as the period between measurements increased. Average LS in the first 5 years correlated .51 with the 5-year average of LS during the last 5 years. Height, weight, body mass index, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, and personality traits were all more stable than LS, whereas income was about as stable as LS. Almost 9% of the sample changed an average of 3 or more points on a 10-point scale from the first 5 to last 5 years of the study
Econometrics · Life satisfaction · Personality · Set point · Sociology · Stability (learning theory) · Statistics · Demography · Health, psychology, and well-being · Mathematics · Optimism, Hope, and Well-being · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 190 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 9,05 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2026 (22) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 168 |