title: Positive-thinking and life satisfaction amongst Koreans.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The present study examined the positive-thinking and life satisfaction of the general Korean population. In particular, we examined the role of positive-thinking on participants' life satisfaction.
  
  
  METHODS
  We conducted a telephone survey of 409 respondents (194 males, 215 females). The participants provided self-reports on their positive thinking, life satisfaction and demographic information.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results showed that age, education, occupation, and family income had an influence on positive- thinking as well as life satisfaction in Korea. Specifically, younger respondents and persons with high incomes or higher education degrees were more likely to have higher positive scores and thus higher life satisfaction scores. However, after controlling for the demographic variables, positive thinking significantly affected life satisfaction(R(2) Change=0.170, F= 88.56, p < 0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We provided empirical evidence that positive thinking may indeed play a significant role in life satisfaction. Therefore, positive thinking would offer important direction for the growth of life satisfaction and interventions aiming to remediate the effects of demographic variables on life satisfaction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University, School of Medicine, 108 Pyung-dong, Jongro-gu, Seoul 110- 746, Korea.
authors.forename: Ji Young
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Youn Hee
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: Kang Seob
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: Dong Woo
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Suh
authors.forename: Young Chul
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Hyun Jung
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001290:Attitude; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D007723:Korea; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009790:Occupations; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013850:Thinking / Q000502:physiology*