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Autor/inn/en | Nakazato, Naoki; Schimmack, Ulrich; Oishi, Shigehiro |
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Titel | Effect of Changes in Living Conditions on Well-Being: A Prospective Top-Down Bottom-Up Model |
Quelle | In: Social Indicators Research, 100 (2011) 1, S.115-135 (21 Seiten)
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0303-8300 |
DOI | 10.1007/s11205-010-9607-6 |
Schlagwörter | Foreign Countries; Social Indicators; Social Theories; Housing; Sociometric Techniques; Correlation; Socioeconomic Influences; Living Standards; Well Being; Life Satisfaction; Place of Residence; Relocation; Aspiration; National Surveys; Models; Germany |
Abstract | Using the German Socio-Economic Panel, we examined life-satisfaction and housing satisfaction before and after moving (N = 3,658 participants from 2,162 households) with univariate and bivariate two-intercept two-slope latent growth models. The main findings were (a) a strong and persistent increase in average levels of housing satisfaction, (b) no increase in average life-satisfaction, (c) low stability in individuals' level of housing satisfaction, and (d) high stability in individuals' level of life-satisfaction. The results are discussed in the context of top-down and bottom-up models as well as adaptation theories of well-being. We conclude that moving or living in a better home is unrelated to life-satisfaction judgments for two reasons. First, housing makes a small contribution to life-satisfaction judgments. Second, positive effects of better housing are undermined by the greater costs of living in a better home. The results provide no support for the prediction of adaptation theory that shifting aspirations undermine the benefits of living in a better home. (As Provided). |
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Update | 2017/4/10 |