The Correlation of the Satisfaction with Life and the Meaning in Life to Subjectively Estimated Health among Adults

Tyrime dalyvavo 208 asmenys nuo 18 m. iki 69 m.(vidurkis 29,33m.), iš jų moterų (63,9%) nei vyrų (36,1%). Respondentai buvo atrinkti patogiosios atrankos principu. Subjektyviai sveikatai vertinti naudoti: Bendras subjektyvios sveikatos vertinimo klausimynas ir Psichikos sveikatai matuoti naudotas Goldberg GHQ12. Pasitenkinimą gyvenimu įvertinti buvo naudojami du klausimynai: Pasitenkinimo gyvenimu skalė The Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) is a measure of life satisfaction developed by E. Diener ir kt., 1985), Laimingumo skalė (Subjective Happiness Scale, Lyubomirsky ir kt., 1999).Gyvenimo prasmingumas vertintas taip pat dviem klausimynais - Gyvenimo prasmingumo klausimynas-Meaning in Life Questionnaire (MLQ), Steger, Frazier, Oishi, and Kaler (2006) ir Dėkingumo klausimynas The Gratitude Questionnaire-Six Item Form (GQ-6), McCullough, Emmons, Tsang, (2002). Tyrimo rezultatai parodė, kad didėjant pasitenkinimui gyvenimu, gerėja subjektyviai vertinama bendra sveikata. Didėjant gyvenimo prasmingumui subjektyviai bendra sveikata vertinama geriau. Tyrimas parodė statistiškai reikšmingą ryšį tarp psichikos sveikatos ir dėkingumo tik sutuoktinių grupėje. Nustatyta, kad didėjant pasitenkinimui gyvenimu didėja ir laimingumas bendroje imtyje. Pasitenkinimo gyvenimu ir dėkingumo ryšys nustatytas tik turinčiųjų fizinių nusiskundimų grupėje. Subjektyviai vertinama bendroji ir psichikos sveikata yra panaši visose suaugusio amžiaus grupėse.208 people have been taken to participate in this research: age 18-69 ( average – 29,33 years). 63,9 percent of them women, 36,1 percent of them men. The respondents have been selected according to the principles of screening. To measure subjective health these methods have been used: The Common Questionnaire for measuring subjective health and Goldberg GHQ12 for measuring mental health. To measure the satisfaction with life two questionnaires have been used: The Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS)(It is a measure of life satisfaction developed by E. Diener, 1985) and Subjective Hapinness Scale (Lubomirsky, 1999). The meaning in life has also been measured by two questionnaires: Meaning in Life Questionnaire – Six Item Form (MLQ), Steger, Frazier, Oishi, and Kaler (2006) and The Gratitude Questionnaire – Six Item Form (GQ-6), McCullough, Emmons, Tsang (2002). The results of this research have explored that increasing satisfaction with life affects subjectively measured common health. The more meaning in life, the better common health. Also, this research has revealed meaningful correlation between mental health and the gratitude but only in a wedded group. There has been established that increasing life satisfaction affects happiness in common population. The correlation between life satisfaction and the gratitude has been stated only in a group of people who have physical health complaints. Subjectively measured common and mental health is very similar among all age groups of grown-up people.Vytauto Didžiojo universiteta