Naslov
Life goals, positive experiences at faculty and well-being

Autori
Rijavec, Majda ; Miljković, Dubravka ; Jurčec, Lana

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Book of abstracts: 5th European Conference on Positive Psychology / Hans Henrik Knoop (ed). - Copenhagen : Danish School of Education, Aarhus University, Copenhagen, and the Danish Network for Positive Psychology , 2010. / Hans Henrik Knoop - Kopenhagen : Danish School of Education, Aarhus University, Copenhagen, and the Danish Network for Positive Psychology, 2010

Skup
5th European Conference on Positive Psychology / Hans Henrik Knoop (ed). - Copenhagen : Danish School of Education, Aarhus University, Copenhagen, and the Danish Network for Positive Psychology , 2010.

Mjesto i datum
Kopenhagen, Danska, 23.06.2010. - 26.06.2010

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
life goals; positive experiences; happiness; life satisfaction

Sažetak
Several lines of research (Kasser & Ryan, 1993, 1996, 2001) have shown that investment in, or success at, so-called intrinsic goals is associated with enhanced well-being. On the other hand, investment in and/or success at extrinsic goals do not enhance, and often detracts from, well-being. It is possible that placing importance on intrinsic goals leads to more positive experiences which in turn contribute to higher well-being. Three questionnaires, Aspiration Index (Kasser & Ryan, 1996), The Satisfaction With Life Scale (Diener, 1985) and The Short Depression-Happiness Scale (Joseph, Linley & Hartwood, 2004) were administered to students from Faculty of Teacher Education (120 females and 9 males) and Faculty of Kinesiology (59 females and 67 males) in Zagreb. The students also filled open-ended questionnaire dealing with their positive and negative experiences at the faculty. Results from path analysis revealed that intrinsic goals were directly positively related to both happiness and life satisfaction. In addition to that, it was found that number of positive experiences at the faculty mediated the relationship between intrinsic goals and happiness for students at Faculty of Teacher Education but not for students at the Faculty of Kinesiology. As predicted intrinsic life goals were related to more positive experiences at Faculty of Teacher Education than negative ones, which in turn contributed to higher level of students’ happiness. Extrinsic goals were not related neither to positive nor negative experiences nor to well-being. Possible explanation of these results is that Faculty of Teacher education functions in a way that provide more opportunities to satisfy intrinsic goals resulting in more positive experiences. These results point to the possibility of positive experiences as mediating variable between intrinsic life aspirations and happiness in environments that stress the importance of intrinsic goals.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Psihologija

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