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Part-time Parental Leave and Life Satisfaction: Evidence from the Netherlands
AbstractThere is extensive literature on the relationship between having children and life satisfaction. Although parenthood can provide meaningfulness in life, parenting may increase obligations and decrease leisure time, reducing life satisfaction. In the Netherlands, parental leave is a part-time work arrangement that allows parents with young children to reconcile better work and family commitments. Using panel data from the Dutch Longitudinal Internet Studies for the Social Sciences (LISS), we estimated with fixed-effects models the impact of the part-time parental leave scheme in the Netherlands on the life satisfact...
Source: Applied Research in Quality of Life - August 30, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Peer Relationships Mediate the Relationship Between Belief in a Just World and Life Satisfaction in Chinese Adolescents: A Longitudinal Study
This study provides a new perspective that could help to improve adolescents’ life satisfaction. The present results have important implications for promoting life satisfaction and well-being in adolescents at secondary vocational schools. Schools, families, and societies should pay more attent ion to the BJW and peer relationships of adolescents. (Source: Applied Research in Quality of Life)
Source: Applied Research in Quality of Life - August 26, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Worker Well-Being: A Continuous Improvement Framework
AbstractCross-sectional, longitudinal, and experimental research demonstrates that subjective well-being (e.g., positive emotions, life satisfaction) relates to, precedes, and leads to employee success on numerous work-related outcomes. We extend these findings by considering how organizations might improve worker well-being. Accordingly, we propose theWorker Well-Being Continuous Improvement Framework with three phases: (1) an initial phase with a pretest assessment of worker well-being; (2) a test phase, where a specific positive change to improve worker well-being is implemented; and (3) a concluding phase that administ...
Source: Applied Research in Quality of Life - August 24, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Pioneer in Research in Existential Positive Psychology of Suffering and Global Flourishing: Paul T. P. Wong
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Source: Applied Research in Quality of Life - August 17, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Effect of Coping Flexibility on Life Satisfaction of College Students: A Longitudinal Study
This study adopted a longitudinal design to examine the associations among coping flexibility, psychological distress, and life satisfaction. The participants comprised 222 female and 188 male college students who completed questionnaires on coping flexibility, psychological dis tress, life satisfaction, and rumination about stress (the concept of which partially overlaps with that of coping flexibility). Hierarchical multiple regression analyses revealed that higher coping flexibility was associated with lower psychological distress and higher life satisfaction 38 weeks la ter, even after controlling for the effects of ru...
Source: Applied Research in Quality of Life - August 14, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Testing The Benefits Theory of Leisure Wellbeing
AbstractThe purpose of this study is to empirically test Sirgy, Uysal,& Kruger ’s (2017) benefits theory of leisure wellbeing in the March 2017 issue of theApplied Research in Quality of Life. The theoretical model posits that leisure activities contribute to leisure wellbeing by satisfying a set of basic needs (benefits related to safety, health, economic, sensory, escape, and sensation) and growth needs (symbolic, aesthetic, moral, mastery, relatedness, and distinctiveness), moderated by corresponding personality variables (safety consciousness, health conscious, price sensitivity, hedonism, escapism, sensation see...
Source: Applied Research in Quality of Life - August 10, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

The Effect of COVID-19 Information Overload on Emotional Eating in Post-pandemic Period in China: The Mediating Role of Fear of COVID-19 and the Moderating Role of Self-compassion
This study investigated the impact of COVID-19 information overload on emotional eating behavior in China ’s post-pandemic period, while considering the mediating role of fear of COVID-19 and the protective role of self-compassion. The study was based on stimulus-organism-response framework and emotion regulation theories and it used convenience sampling to recruit 902 adult participants from 31 provi nces in China, who completed the COVID-19 Information Overload Scale, Fear of COVID-19 Scale, Emotional Eating Scale, and Self-Compassion Scale. SPSS 24.0 and the Process 3.5 macro program were used to carry out descriptive...
Source: Applied Research in Quality of Life - August 10, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

The Heterogeneous Effect of Post-Compulsory Education on Subjective Well-Being: Evidence Based on Marginal Treatment Effect
AbstractThe education-happiness puzzle has long been debated in the existing literature with conflicting results. Based on the generalized Roy model, this study evaluates the marginal treatment effect of post-compulsory education on subjective well-being in China using individual-level microdata. The results indicate that post-compulsory education has a positive and robust impact on subjective well-being, especially for those with fewer opportunities for further education, such as women and rural residents. Regarding the mechanisms, our findings suggest that while post-compulsory education can enhance both income and healt...
Source: Applied Research in Quality of Life - August 10, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Connecting Through Caregiving: Reappraising Intergeneration Relationship in Dementia Caregiving
ConclusionThe results provided support for the efficacy of the CTC telephone intervention. Findings have implications for enhancing sustainable care for non-digitalized older adults in the wider society.Trial RegistrationClinicalTrial.gov NCT03030027 (Source: Applied Research in Quality of Life)
Source: Applied Research in Quality of Life - August 10, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research