TY - JOUR
T1 - How subjective well-being and meaning in life interact in the hostile world?
AU - Shrira, Amit
AU - Palgi, Yuval
AU - Ben-Ezra, Menachem
AU - Shmotkin, Dov
N1 - Funding Information:
The first wave of the Israeli component of the Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe was funded by the US National Institute on Aging (no. R21 AG2516901), by the German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development (G.I.F.), and by the National Insurance Institute of Israel. We are grateful to Howard Litwin for facilitating our study with the data.
PY - 2011/7
Y1 - 2011/7
N2 - Two studies examined the interaction between subjective well-being (SWB) and meaning in life (MIL) vis-à-vis self-perceptions of actual or potential threats to one's physical and mental integrity, hereby defined as the hostileworld scenario (HWS). Study 1 (N = 608) showed that the relationship between SWB and MIL strengthened as the HWS increased. Study 2 (Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe; SHARE-Israel; N = 1665) similarly showed that SWB and MIL were strongly linked as lifetime cumulative adversity, the ultimate realization of the HWS, increased. Study 2 further showed that when one construct (whether SWB or MIL) was low, the other construct acted as a moderator of the effect of cumulative adversity on functioning. In conclusion, although SWB and MIL are more strongly linked under adverse circumstances, they are likely to compensate for each other, perhaps due to their unique operations.
AB - Two studies examined the interaction between subjective well-being (SWB) and meaning in life (MIL) vis-à-vis self-perceptions of actual or potential threats to one's physical and mental integrity, hereby defined as the hostileworld scenario (HWS). Study 1 (N = 608) showed that the relationship between SWB and MIL strengthened as the HWS increased. Study 2 (Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe; SHARE-Israel; N = 1665) similarly showed that SWB and MIL were strongly linked as lifetime cumulative adversity, the ultimate realization of the HWS, increased. Study 2 further showed that when one construct (whether SWB or MIL) was low, the other construct acted as a moderator of the effect of cumulative adversity on functioning. In conclusion, although SWB and MIL are more strongly linked under adverse circumstances, they are likely to compensate for each other, perhaps due to their unique operations.
KW - Cumulative adversity
KW - Hostile-world scenario
KW - Meaning in life
KW - SHARE-Israel
KW - Subjective well-being
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U2 - 10.1080/17439760.2011.577090
DO - 10.1080/17439760.2011.577090
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AN - SCOPUS:80052169198
SN - 1743-9760
VL - 6
SP - 273
EP - 285
JO - Journal of Positive Psychology
JF - Journal of Positive Psychology
IS - 4
ER -