Is Life Dissatisfaction the Opposite of Life Satisfaction Melanie Davern & Robert A. Cummins School of Psychology, Deakin University.

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Is Life Dissatisfaction the Opposite of Life Satisfaction Melanie Davern & Robert A. Cummins School of Psychology, Deakin University

Australian Unity Wellbeing Index Quarterly surveys since April 2001 of 2000 Australians All participants invited to remain involved in a longitudinal study Data collected in November 2002 from Survey 4 of the Index

Australian Unity Wellbeing Index  Personal Wellbeing is the average level of satisfaction across 7 domains: Standard of living Health Achievements in life Personal relationships Community connectedness Safety Future security  Additional global life satisfaction item

The Assessment of Satisfaction and Dissatisfaction Satisfaction and Dissatisfaction ratings of all PWB and global “Life as a whole” items Total sample of 518 split into 2 samples according to response scales Unipolar and bipolar response scales

Satisfaction Response Scales BIPOLAR: Completely Dissatisfied Satisfied UNIPOLAR: Not at All Completely Satisfied

Dissatisfaction Response Scales BIPOLAR: Completely Dissatisfied Satisfied UNIPOLAR: Not at All Completely Dissatisfied

Circumplex Theory of Affect Activation Valence Low PA Low NA High PAHigh NA Russell (1980) PLEASANT UNPLEASANT ACTIVATED DEACTIVATED

Unipolar Response Scale: Bipolar Relationship Completely Satisfied Not at all Satisfied Not allDissatisfied CompletelyDissatisfied r = -1.00

Unipolar Response Scale: Bipolar Continuum & Mutually Exclusive Completely Satisfied Not at all Satisfied Not allDissatisfied CompletelyDissatisfied r = -.47

SatisfactionDissatisfaction MeanSDMeanSD Total Life as a whole Standard of living Health Achievements Personal Rel/ships Safety Community Future security PWB Index Total UNIPOLAR DATA (N=297)

SatisfactionDissatisfaction MeanSDMeanSD Total Life as a whole Standard of living Health Achievements Personal Rel/ships Safety Community Future security PWB Index Total BIPOLAR DATA (N=221)

Correlations - Unipolar VariablesCorrelationp Life as a whole Standard of living Health Achieve in life Personal relationships Safety Community connectedness Future security Personal Wellbeing Index and Personal Dissatisfaction Index

Unipolar Response Scale Satisfaction Dissatisfaction

Correlations - Bipolar VariablesCorrelationp Life as a whole Standard of living Health Achieve in life Personal relationships Safety Community connectedness Future security Personal Wellbeing Index and Personal Dissatisfaction Index

Bipolar Response Scale Dissatisfaction Satisfaction

Balance between Satisfaction & Dissatisfaction Using a Unipolar Scale Satisfaction (72.63) Dissatisfaction (27.16) 0% 100%

Conclusions Use of unipolar response scales in affect theory research Inverse relationship between life satisfaction and dissatisfaction