Browsing by Subject "hedoninen hyvinvointi"

Objectives: High well-being is associated with good social relationships and social support, successful work performance and better health. During last decades, research has concentrated on examining which psychological factors are associated with hedonic well-being. Aggression could be potential trait affecting well-being: aggression develops early, it is relatively stable and is related to wide range of psychosocial problems over life course. The aim of this study is to examine whether aggressive behavior in adolescence and in adulthood is associated with hedonic well-being in adulthood. Hypothesis is that higher aggression in adolescence and in adulthood is associated with lower hedonic well-being in adulthood. Methods: Data used in this study is part of longitudinal Pohjanmaa study, which investigates the development of social behavior. The sample of this study included 685 adults (mean age 38 years). Data was collected between years 1990-1991 and 2013-2014. During adolescence, aggressive behavior was assessed both by teacher and as a self-report. Aggression in adulthood was assessed by BAQ, short from of Buss and Perry's aggression questionnaire. Well-being was assessed by measuring hedonic well-being, which includes three components: life satisfaction, positive affect and negative affect. Scales used to measure hedonic well-being were the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) and brief form of the Positive and Negative Affect Scale (PANAS-S). Gender and age were only control variables in this setting. Results and conclusions: Higher aggression in adulthood was associated with lower hedonic well-being in adulthood. Contrary to this, and against prior expectations, aggression in adolescence was found to predict higher hedonic well-being in adulthood. It was also found that only two components of aggression, hostility and anger, were associated with lower hedonic well-being. Current results suggest that whereas cognitive and emotional components of aggression are associated with lower well-being, aggressive behavior includes also components that predict higher levels of well-being.