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Is life dissatisfaction the opposite of life satisfaction?

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posted on 2024-06-03, 08:08 authored by M Davern, Robert CumminsRobert Cummins
The circumplex model of affect proposes that states of affect can be categorised according to the two dimensions of valence and arousal. According to this model, satisfaction and dissatisfaction are located on the pleasant and unpleasant ends of the valence axis as bipolar opposites. This study investigated the relationship between these two adjectives when assessed with unipolar or bipolar response formats. This suggests that a reciprocal relationship exists between life satisfaction and dissatisfaction when a unipolar response format is employed, but not when a bipolar response format was used. These results are discussed in relation to current affect theory and subject wellbeing research.

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Journal

Australian journal of psychology

Volume

58

Pagination

1-7

Location

London, England

ISSN

0004-9530

eISSN

1742-9536

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2006, Taylor & Francis

Issue

1

Publisher

Taylor & Francis Ltd.

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