Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
Universität Siegen, Siegen, Germany.
PLoS One. 2020 Sep 17;15(9):e0238992. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0238992. eCollection 2020.
To better understand the occurrence of major changes in people´s lives like job changes or relocations, we test a model of motivational consequences of life and domain satisfaction using data of the German socio-economic panel study (SOEP) (waves 2005-2015; Ns between 2,201 and 28,720). We examined job and location changes as outcomes that people may actively initiate as a result of dissatisfaction with these domains. One of our results indicates that for similar levels of job satisfaction, individuals with higher levels of life satisfaction were more likely to report a subsequent job change, presumably because they possess necessary resources to actively initiate such a major life change. The patterns were similar for relocation satisfaction and subsequent relocation, but not all effects were significant. Generally, the effects of life satisfaction and domain satisfaction on life events were independent of affective well-being. Contrary to what we expected based on life-span theories, perceived control did not significantly moderate the tested mechanisms. These findings furthermore show that examining life satisfaction and domain satisfaction in isolation can lead to theoretically and empirically false conclusions. Contrary to previous research, high life satisfaction appears to not be a general driver for stability but rather should be seen as an indicator of resourcefulness that allows people to strive for changes in specific life domains.
为了更好地理解人们生活中重大变化的发生，如工作变动或搬迁，我们使用德国社会经济面板研究（SOEP）（2005-2015 年波；Ns 在 2201 和 28720 之间）的数据，测试了一个生活和领域满意度的动机后果模型。我们将工作和地点的变化视为人们可能因对这些领域不满而主动发起的结果。我们的一个结果表明，对于类似的工作满意度水平，生活满意度水平较高的个人更有可能报告随后的工作变动，大概是因为他们拥有积极发起此类重大生活变化的必要资源。搬迁满意度和随后的搬迁的模式相似，但并非所有影响都具有统计学意义。一般来说，生活满意度和领域满意度对生活事件的影响独立于情感幸福感。与我们基于寿命理论预期的相反，感知控制并没有显著调节所测试的机制。这些发现还表明，单独检查生活满意度和领域满意度可能会导致理论上和经验上的错误结论。与之前的研究相反，高生活满意度似乎不是稳定性的一般驱动因素，而应被视为有能力的指标，使人们能够努力在特定的生活领域中做出改变。
