Greenway-Shorten, Courtney (2015) Satisfaction with Life: The Contribution of Emotional Intelligence, Positive Affect, Negative Affect, Mindfulness, Perceived Stress and Personality. Coursework Masters thesis, University of Southern Queensland. (Unpublished)
Abstract
Satisfaction with life has been linked with higher levels of mindfulness, emotional intelligence (EI) and positive affect (PA); and lower levels of negative affect (NA) and perceived stress. Two studies were conducted with students from the University of Southern Queensland (N1 = 90; N2 = 197). Study 1 attempted to replicate the work of Schutte and Malouff (2011) in order to bolster their findings in the field. It demonstrated that the true indirect effect of mindfulness (as measured by the KIMS) through EI (as measured by the AES) on satisfaction with life (as measured by the SWLS) was 95% likely to range from .033 to .16, with the estimated effect being .09. Mindfulness skills may increase the greater interpersonal functioning that can be seen in those with higher levels of EI, flowing through to higher satisfaction with life. There was no indirect effect of EI through mindfulness to PA (as measured by the PANAS); nor through mindfulness to NA (as measured by the PANAS). Finally, when all variables were included in the mediation analyses (EI; perceived stress, as measured by the PSS; PA; and NA), the true indirect effect of mindfulness through NA on satisfaction with life was 95% likely to range from .01 to .18, with the estimated effect being .09. No other indirect effects were noted. By way of explanation, NA has been found to explain a great deal of variance in satisfaction with life. The second study aimed to explore this further by investigating whether NA (as measured by the Emotional Stability subscale of the 50 Item Set of IPIP Big-Five Factor Markers) as a personality trait, instead of state measure, mediated the relationship between mindfulness and satisfaction with life. Surprisingly, this was not the case. It is suggested that the SWLS may not be a broad enough measure when compared to subjective well-being scales. The results of both studies, their limitations, and future directions for research are discussed in the following.
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| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Historic - Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences - School of Psychology and Counselling (1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2021) |
| Supervisors: | Paul Bramston; Gavin Beccaria |
| Qualification: | Doctor of Psychology (Clinical) |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Sep 2025 23:33 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Sep 2025 23:33 |
| Fields of Research (2008): | 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 1799 Other Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 179999 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences not elsewhere classified |
| Fields of Research (2020): | 52 PSYCHOLOGY > 5299 Other psychology > 529999 Other psychology not elsewhere classified |
| URI: | https://sear.unisq.edu.au/id/eprint/52366 |
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