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

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

2 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

3 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

4 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

5 Satisfaction Response Scales BIPOLAR: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Completely Dissatisfied Satisfied UNIPOLAR: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Not at All Completely Satisfied

6 Dissatisfaction Response Scales BIPOLAR: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Completely Dissatisfied Satisfied UNIPOLAR: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Not at All Completely Dissatisfied

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

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

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

10 SatisfactionDissatisfaction MeanSDMeanSD Total Life as a whole 72.6317.7227.1621.1099.79 Standard of living 74.3818.4125.8520.40100.23 Health 70.8220.1431.0223.10101.84 Achievements 72.4218.1428.6320.41101.05 Personal Rel/ships 74.9822.5626.6424.02101.62 Safety 72.6919.6429.9320.94102.62 Community 70.7420.8027.7020.74 98.44 Future security 66.6821.0636.3723.46103.55 PWB Index 71.8414.2029.5715.63101.41 Total 101.12 UNIPOLAR DATA (N=297)

11 SatisfactionDissatisfaction MeanSDMeanSD Total Life as a whole 73.6715.7465.2124.71138.88 Standard of living 75.7516.7366.5823.53142.33 Health 70.2718.4062.2424.02132.55 Achievements 71.9316.9365.4123.34137.34 Personal Rel/ships 75.1121.2765.2527.42140.36 Safety 73.6717.6865.1921.82138.86 Community 70.8718.3163.9923.28134.86 Future security 67.8219.3259.7723.67127.59 PWB Index 72.1412.8164.4219.86136.56 Total 136.58 BIPOLAR DATA (N=221)

12 Correlations - Unipolar VariablesCorrelationp Life as a whole-.69.000 Standard of living-.75.000 Health-.76.000 Achieve in life-.67.000 Personal relationships-.86.000 Safety-.67.000 Community connectedness-.74.000 Future security-.76.000 Personal Wellbeing Index and Personal Dissatisfaction Index -.85.000

13 Unipolar Response Scale Satisfaction Dissatisfaction

14 Correlations - Bipolar VariablesCorrelationp Life as a whole.48.000 Standard of living.44.000 Health.51.000 Achieve in life.45.000 Personal relationships.51.000 Safety.45.000 Community connectedness.44.000 Future security.42.000 Personal Wellbeing Index and Personal Dissatisfaction Index.41.000

15 Bipolar Response Scale Dissatisfaction Satisfaction

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

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

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