Subjektyviosios geroves savokos strukturos taikymo empiriniuose tyrimuose rezultatu nuoseklumas

Headnote

Straipsnyje pateikiama subjektyviosios geroves (SG) savokos strukturos taikymo empiriniuose tyrimuose rezultatu nuoseklumo analize Europos vertybiu tyrimo ir Europos socialiniu tyrimu atvejais. Kadangi SG tyrimai yra nauja socialiniu tyrimu kryptis, palyginti su objektyviaja gerove, akcentuojancia pajamas ir turta, todel svarbu ivertinti SG duomenu nuosekluma ivairiu empiriniu SG tyrimu kontekste. Taikant grafine SG empiriniu duomenu analize buvo nustatyti buvusios komandines ekonomikos regiono, Pietu Europos regiono ir tradiciniu rinkos ekonomikos saliu regiono bendri savitumai SG lygiu atzvilgiu. Zemesne nei ES vidurkis vidutine SG yra budinga buvusios komandines ekonomikos saliu regionui ir kai kurioms Pietu Europos regiono salims. Aukstesne nei ES vidurkis vidutine SG yra budinga tradiciniu rinkos ekonomikos saliu regionui. EVT (Europos vertybiu tyrimas) ir EST (Europos socialinis tyrimas) duomenu baziu SG rodikliu reiksmiu koreliacine analize patvirtina SG savokos strukturos taikymo empiriniuose tyrimuose nuosekluma.

Raktazodziai: subjektyviosios geroves duomenu nuoseklumas, subjektyviosios geroves pasitenkinimo komponentas, subjektyviosios geroves afekto komponentas, buvusios komandines ekonomikos saliu regionas, Pietu Europos saliu regionas, tradicines rinkos ekonomikos saliu regionas

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Application consistency of the structure of subjective well-being concept in empirical research

Summary

Subjective well-being research represents a new direction in social science and recently is being widely analysed among sociologists, economists and psychologists. We could look at the subjective well-being research from a historical perspective of its origin. Until the last decades of XX century, well-being was most commonly perceived in the sense of income and wealth, that is, in its objective sense. Income and wealth has a rich history of research and well developed methods. Currently the perception of well-being is extended in order to include its subjective element, which represents an individual's subjective reaction towards objective circumstances of life. Being a new turn in wellbeing research, it needs to be checked for the application consistency of the structure of the subjective well-being concept from the standpoint of existing empirical data.

The purpose of this article is to assess the consistency of application of the concept of subjective well-being in empirical research based on the European Values Study and the European Social Survey data of EU countries.

It is possible to conclude that there is a clearly developed structure of the subjective well-being, which consists of cognitive and affective appraisals of life. Cognitive appraisal represents a comparison of individual's life with the...