On Satisfaction with Work and Finances in the Eastern Township's : The Effects of Age and Mother Tongue on Temporal Self-Assessments

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On Satisfaction with Work and Finances in the Eastern Township's : The Effects of Age and Mother Tongue on Temporal Self-Assessments
Abstract
The author investigated the diachronicity: the temporal aspects of satisfaction and subjective well-being (SWB). By extending past studies (Lacey, Smith, & Ubel, 2006; Staudinger, Bluck, & Herzberg, 2003; Stout et al., 2008), the research provided information on perceived work and financial satisfaction in relation to past, present, and future according to age and culture. The author's sampled 141 Anglophones and 146 Francophones, aged 17 to 95, living in the Eastern Townships. The participants rated their past (10 years ago), present, and future (10 years from now) satisfaction with work and finances, as weil as their future in Quebec. The author explains that a 3 x 3 ANOVA examining the effects of age and diachronicity on satisfaction with work revealed a significant interaction. Simple effects analyses showed the hopeful-effect of young and middle-aged persons, rating the future highest and the past lowest and the nostalgic-effect of older adults rating the past highest and the future lowest. Another 3 x 3 ANOVA examining the effects of age and diachronicity on satisfaction with finances also revealed a significant interaction. This time, the author explains, satisfaction did not change over time for older aduIts, demonstrating the so-called realistic effect, while the hopeful-effect was still observed in young and middle-aged adults. As for the effect of culture, the author found that the results for both work and financial satisfaction domains showed that Anglophones' future satisfaction was lower, if it was specified that they remained in Quebec, compared to ratings of general satisfaction for the future. This change was not displayed in Francophones.
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PhD Essay
University
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Place
Trois-Rivières
Date
2012
# of Pages
xxi-57-[4]p.
Language
en & fr
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Filion, Emmalie. “On Satisfaction with Work and Finances in the Eastern Township’s : The Effects of Age and Mother Tongue on Temporal Self-Assessments.” PhD Essay, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, 2012. http://depot-e.uqtr.ca/id/eprint/4438/1/030309193.pdf.
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