The Links between psychological aspects of well-being and sociodemographic values: results from Europe social survey

• Main Authors: Šmitas, Andrius, Gustainienė, Loreta
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: Lithuanian; English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Subjective reality; Psychological well-being; Socio-demographic factors; info:eu-repo/classification/udc/15; Norway; Iceland
• Online Access: http://vdu.lvb.lt/VDU:ELABAPDB15947949&prefLang=en_US

The aim of the study is to explore links between happiness, optimism, resilience and meaningfulness, and sociodemographic factors in 25 Europe countries. Research methods. Expert-generated questions from Europe Social Survey round 6 were used to assess links between happiness, optimism, resilience, meaningfulness in life and sociodemographic factors such as age, years of completed education and occupation in 25 European countries. A total number of respondents were 48445 (45.57 per cent of males and 54.47 per cent of females). The countries were grouped according to the United Nations geographic scheme for Europe into Western (Germany, Switzerland, France, Belgium), Eastern (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Ukraine), Northern (Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Great Britain, Ireland, Iceland, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden) and Southern (Spain, Italy, Portugal, Slovenia) Europe. Results. Happiness in Western Europe relates with age and years of completed education (except in Germany and Switzerland). In Eastern Europe it relates with all sociodemographic variables (except occupation in Poland). In Northern Europe it relates with age and years of completed education (except age in Denmark and years of completed education in Norway). In Southern Europe it relates with age in all countries. Similar links noted between optimism and sociodemographic variables. Meaningfulness in life in Western Europe relates with years of completed education (except in Switzerland), in Eastern and Northern, Southern Europe - with years of completed education (except Italy in Southern Europe). Resilience in Western and Eastern Europe relates with age and completed years of education, completed years of education in Northern Europe and all sociodemographic variables in Southern Europe (except Italy). [.]