title: Examining a model of life satisfaction among unemployed adults.
abstract: The present study examined a model of life satisfaction among a diverse sample of 184 adults who had been unemployed for an average of 10.60 months. Using the Lent (2004) model of life satisfaction as a framework, a model was tested with 5 hypothesized predictor variables: optimism, job search self-efficacy, job search support, job search behaviors, and work volition. After adding a path in the model from optimism to work volition, the hypothesized model was found to be a good fit for the data and a better fit than a more parsimonious, alternative model. In the hypothesized model, optimism, work volition, job search self-efficacy, and job search support were each found to significantly relate to life satisfaction, accounting for 35% of the variance. Additionally, using 50,000 bootstrapped samples, optimism was found to have a significant indirect effect on life satisfaction as mediated by job search self-efficacy, job search support, and work volition. Implications for research and practice are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA. rduf@ufl.edu
authors.forename: Ryan D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Duffy
authors.forename: Elizabeth M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Bott
authors.forename: Blake A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Allan
authors.forename: Carrie L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Torrey
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012944:Social Support; D014478:Unemployment / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*