AUTHOR=Malvaso Antonio , Kang Weixi 

TITLE=The relationship between areas of life satisfaction, personality, and overall life satisfaction: An integrated account

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=Volume 13 - 2022

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.894610

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2022.894610

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=A substantial amount of research has been conducted using a variety of methodological approaches to determine what influences life satisfaction. Bottom-up theory considers overall life satisfaction as a function of various areas of life satisfaction. The top-down theory considers the areas of life satisfaction as a function of personality. We examined these models in a large-scale UK survey. Consistent with other studies, we found that both bottom-up and top-down models of life satisfaction are supported in a different cultural context (i.e., UK) by demonstrating that both personality traits and life satisfaction variables can explain a significant portion of variance in overall life satisfaction. We propose that future study in life satisfaction research should consider the integrated account of life satisfaction rather than a unitary bottom-up or top-down perspective.