Factors predicting life satisfaction: A process model of personality, multidimensional self-concept, and life satisfaction
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Parker, Philip D., Martin, Andrew J. and Marsh, Herbert Warren. (2008). Factors predicting life satisfaction: A process model of personality, multidimensional self-concept, and life satisfaction. Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling. 18(1), pp. 15 - 29. https://doi.org/10.1375/ajgc.18.1.15
Authors | Parker, Philip D., Martin, Andrew J. and Marsh, Herbert Warren |
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Abstract | Life satisfaction is an important component of psychological health and wellbeing. Although personality is consistently linked to life satisfaction, its ‘innate’ and stable nature can make it a difficult target for intervention by practitioners. More malleable and context-specific factors such as multidimensional self-concept may prove to be better targets for such intervention. However, the extent to which multidimensional self-concept predicts life satisfaction over and above personality is unclear. The present study, then, examines the extent to which these two factors predict life satisfaction with a view to ascertaining their relative salience for subsequent research and practice. Among a sample of 523 (predominantly young) adult students from two universities/colleges in Sydney, structural equation modelling using LISREL examined a process model of personality, multidimensional self-concept, and life satisfaction. Results suggest a strong direct role for the personality traits of extraversion, neuroticism, and conscientiousness but also an important mediating role for parent, same-sex peer, physical ability, and appearance self-concepts. Implications for research and practice are discussed. |
Keywords | personality; self-concept; university populations; individual differences; latent modelling |
Year | 2008 |
Journal | Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling |
Journal citation | 18 (1), pp. 15 - 29 |
Publisher | Australian Guidance and Counselling Association |
ISSN | 1037-2911 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1375/ajgc.18.1.15 |
Page range | 15 - 29 |
Research Group | Institute for Positive Psychology and Education |
Publisher's version | File Access Level Controlled |
Place of publication | Australia |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/86456/factors-predicting-life-satisfaction-a-process-model-of-personality-multidimensional-self-concept-and-life-satisfaction
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