Religiosity and subjective wellbeing in Christianity, Buddhism and Taoism

The relationship between three religions (Christianity, Buddhism and Taoism) and subjective wellbeing were studied. Religiosity and spirituality-religion satisfaction were significant predictors of subjective wellbeing. A new construct of religious self-esteem and a new scale of Christianity secondary control were found as useful in explaining subjective wellbeing

Cross-cultural difference in subjective wellbeing: cultural response bias as an explanation

This study investigates whether the Australian-Chinese differences in subjective wellbeing (SWB) can be attributed to cultural response bias (CRB) caused by the influence of Chinese culture. Four samples are compared: Australians, first generation Chinese immigrants, second generation Chinese immigrants, and Hong Kong Chinese. It is hypothesized that the effects of CRB on means scores and variance will be the highest for Hong Kong Chinese, followed by Australian Chinese immigrants and second generation, and the lowest for Australians. These predictions were generally supported. Income is used as a covariate to test whether the predicted pattern of results remain unchanged. The result was affirmative. CRB is thus verified as contributing to the SWB difference between the Australians and Hong Kong Chinese. The implications of these findings are discussed

Wellbeing of Australians : carer health and wellbeing

This Report concerns the subjective wellbeing of carers in Australia. It is the product of a partnership between Carers Australia, Australian Unity, and Deakin University. All three partners were involved in all stages of the project as planning the logistics, designing the questionnaire and composing the report. Data analysis was undertaken by Deakin University while the logistics of questionnaire mailout was managed by Australian Unity and Carers Australia. The actual mailing took place from each of the state/territory Carers Associations, who used their own databases to print and affix the addresses of their members to the envelopes. Three major outcome measures have been used. The first is the Personal Wellbeing Index, which is our standard measure of wellbeing. The Index score is the average level of satisfaction across seven aspects of personal life &ndash; health, personal relationships, safety, standard of living, achieving in life, community connectedness, and future security. The other two outcome measures are sub-scales taken from the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (Lovibond and Lovibond, 1995). This is a very well regarded scale and the sub-scales of Depression and Stress have been used for this study. A total of 10,939 questionnaires were distributed and 4,107 were returned in time for processing. This constitutes a 37.6% response rate. <br /

Australian Unity Wellbeing Index survey 19

The Personal Wellbeing Index fell by a significant 1.0 percentage points since Survey 18 in November 2007. One reason for this fall appears to be a sharp increase in inflation. The National Wellbeing Index has fallen by a non-significant 0.7 points since the previous survey; it remains at its highest level yet recorded. The Personal Wellbeing Index fell by a significant 1.0 percentage points since Survey 18 in November 2007. All of the domains have followed suit to various degrees. One reason for this fall appears to be a sharp increase in inflation. Over the 19 surveys, the CPI averaged over the 12 months prior to each survey, is able to explain 56 per cent of the variation in the wellbeing of females and 18 per cent for males. The National Wellbeing Index has fallen by a non-significant 0.7 points since the previous survey. It remains at its highest level yet recorded

Love and money : non-linear moderators of subjective wellbeing relevant to public policy

Department of Rehabilitation Science