Soccer, rooms, and the quality of your life: Mood effects on judgments of satisfaction with life in general and with specific domains
Abstract
Two studies on the impact of temporary moods on judgments of satisfaction with life in general and with specific life‐domains are reported. It was hypothesized that individuals simplify the complex task of evaluating their life in general by referring to their mood at the time of judgment, but evaluate specific life‐domains on the basis of domain‐specific information. In accordance with this hypothesis, both studies demonstrated strong mood effects on judgments of general life‐satisfaction but only weak and non‐significant effects on judgments of specific domain‐satisfactions. The findings are interpreted as supporting the hypothesis that affective states serve informative functions.
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Responses will be influenced by salient cues, such as the previous question.
“Responses will be influenced by salient cues, such as the previous question (Schwarz et al., 1987), and perhaps also by the organisation carrying out the survey.”
From Measuring Subjective Wellbeing: Recommendations on Measures for use by National Governments (2012) · cites this paper as Schwarz et al., 1987
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- Authors
- Schwarz, N., Strack, F., Kommer, D., & Wagner, D.
- Affiliations
- Heidelberg University (DE)
- University of Mannheim (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Schwarz, Norbert
- Venue
- European Journal of Social Psychology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1987-01
- Volume
- 17
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 69-79
- ISSN
- 0046-2772 (ISSN-L)
- 1099-0992
- OpenAlex
- W2154527994
- Cited by
- 357
- References
- 21
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- FWCI
- 6.07
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- European Journal of Social Psychology (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Mental Health Research Topics
- Keywords
- mood, life satisfaction, domain satisfaction, subjective well-being, affective states, domain-specific information, cognitive simplification
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