McConatha Jasmin Tahmaseb, Rieser-Danner Loretta, Harmer Kalyn, Hayta Vildan, Polat Tulay S
Department of Psychology, West Chester University of Pennsylvania, West Chester, PA 19383, USA.
Psychol Rep. 2004 Jun;94(3 Pt 1):795-806. doi: 10.2466/pr0.94.3.795-806.
Studies addressing factors of Life Satisfaction have focused on how individuals in particular societies experience their lives as worthwhile, enjoyable, and fulfilling and indicated a range of individual and cultural factors shape individual perceptions of Life Satisfaction. The purpose of this study was to compare the Life Satisfaction of adults from the United States, Turkey, and Germany. Participants included 163 (84 women and 79 men) from the USA, 172 (70 women, 88 men) from Germany, and 174 (79 women and 95 men) from Turkey. Significant mean differences by country were found on Life Satisfaction. Post hoc Tukey IISD tests indicated that U.S. participants reported higher Life Satisfaction than German or Turkish groups. Country differences were also found on Health Satisfaction, a predictor of Life Satisfaction. Stepwise multiple regressions involving the Turkish sample and a subsample of the American participants indicated some consistency in other factors predicting Life Satisfaction ratings; in particular, being "Too Busy" was negatively related to Life Satisfaction for both U.S. and Turkish participants. These findings support previous research indicating several factors such as health and national economic well-being influence Life Satisfaction.
探讨生活满意度因素的研究聚焦于特定社会中的个体如何体验有价值、愉快且充实的生活，并指出一系列个体和文化因素塑造了个体对生活满意度的认知。本研究的目的是比较来自美国、土耳其和德国的成年人的生活满意度。参与者包括来自美国的163人（84名女性和79名男性）、来自德国的172人（70名女性和88名男性）以及来自土耳其的174人（79名女性和95名男性）。在生活满意度方面发现了国家间显著的均值差异。事后Tukey IISD检验表明，美国参与者报告的生活满意度高于德国或土耳其组。在健康满意度（生活满意度的一个预测指标）方面也发现了国家差异。涉及土耳其样本和美国参与者子样本的逐步多元回归表明，在预测生活满意度评分的其他因素上存在一些一致性；特别是，“太忙”对美国和土耳其参与者的生活满意度均呈负相关。这些发现支持了先前的研究，即健康和国民经济福祉等若干因素会影响生活满意度。
