Positive-thinking and life satisfaction amongst Koreans.
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.
Jung
Ji Young
JY
Department of Psychiatry, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University, School of Medicine, 108 Pyung-dong, Jongro-gu, Seoul 110- 746, Korea.
Oh
Youn Hee
YH
Oh
Kang Seob
KS
Suh
Dong Woo
DW
Shin
Young Chul
YC
Kim
Hyun Jung
HJ
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*