TY - JOUR
T1 - Life satisfaction in middle-aged Koreans
T2 - Mediating effects of domain-specific self-esteem satisfaction, and sex differences
AU - Park, Hyun Joo
AU - Lee, Dong Gwi
AU - Yang, Nan Mee
PY - 2014/8
Y1 - 2014/8
N2 - The current study was an attempt to examine the interplay between domain-specific self-esteem and life satisfaction with middle-aged Koreans. For four domains (Social/Objective Ability, Positive Characteristics, Interpersonal Relationships, and Family), the mediating effects of the satisfaction index of domain-specific self-esteem between the importance index of domain-specific self-esteem and life satisfaction were tested using structural equation modeling. 364 Koreans in their 40s and 50s were recruited through stratified sampling. Overall, the satisfaction index of domain-specific self-esteem was found to be a strong mediator across all the four domains; for middle-aged Koreans, if they appraised their self-esteem in a given domain as important and they felt satisfied in that domain, their life satisfaction was likely to be higher. Additionally, results of multi-group analysis suggested that the strengths of associations in the model were different between men and women in the Interpersonal Relationships domain.
AB - The current study was an attempt to examine the interplay between domain-specific self-esteem and life satisfaction with middle-aged Koreans. For four domains (Social/Objective Ability, Positive Characteristics, Interpersonal Relationships, and Family), the mediating effects of the satisfaction index of domain-specific self-esteem between the importance index of domain-specific self-esteem and life satisfaction were tested using structural equation modeling. 364 Koreans in their 40s and 50s were recruited through stratified sampling. Overall, the satisfaction index of domain-specific self-esteem was found to be a strong mediator across all the four domains; for middle-aged Koreans, if they appraised their self-esteem in a given domain as important and they felt satisfied in that domain, their life satisfaction was likely to be higher. Additionally, results of multi-group analysis suggested that the strengths of associations in the model were different between men and women in the Interpersonal Relationships domain.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84906772156&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.2466/07.10.PR0.115c11z4
DO - 10.2466/07.10.PR0.115c11z4
M3 - Article
C2 - 25153959
AN - SCOPUS:84906772156
SN - 0033-2941
VL - 115
SP - 213
EP - 227
JO - Psychological Reports
JF - Psychological Reports
IS - 1
ER -