TY - JOUR
T1 - Life events and perceptions of life quality
T2 - Developments in a two‐factor approach
AU - Zautra, Alex J.
AU - Reich, John W.
PY - 1983
Y1 - 1983
N2 - This paper reviews research on how a two‐factor model explains relationships between life events and perceptions of life quality. Positive life events were found to have different effects than negative life events. People rated their distress higher after experiencing negative events, but they did not always rate the quality of their daily lives lower. Positive events increased ratings of positive affect but were usually unrelated to psychological distress. While these data fit a two‐factor model of psychological well‐being best, such a model left some important exceptions to that model unexplained. To address such issues, the review focused on those occasions when the effects of events crossed affective domains. This fuller assessment promises to provide an integrative approach to understanding some of the affective and congnitive processes linking life events to quality of life.
AB - This paper reviews research on how a two‐factor model explains relationships between life events and perceptions of life quality. Positive life events were found to have different effects than negative life events. People rated their distress higher after experiencing negative events, but they did not always rate the quality of their daily lives lower. Positive events increased ratings of positive affect but were usually unrelated to psychological distress. While these data fit a two‐factor model of psychological well‐being best, such a model left some important exceptions to that model unexplained. To address such issues, the review focused on those occasions when the effects of events crossed affective domains. This fuller assessment promises to provide an integrative approach to understanding some of the affective and congnitive processes linking life events to quality of life.
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U2 - 10.1002/1520-6629(198304)11:2<121::AID-JCOP2290110206>3.0.CO;2-V
DO - 10.1002/1520-6629(198304)11:2<121::AID-JCOP2290110206>3.0.CO;2-V
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84986500297
SN - 0090-4392
VL - 11
SP - 121
EP - 132
JO - Journal of Community Psychology
JF - Journal of Community Psychology
IS - 2
ER -