The Impact of Citizens’ Satisfaction with National-level Institutions and Conditions on Their Subjective Wellbeing: Evidence from 137 Countries

IF 2.8 3区社会学 Q1 SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY

Applied Research in Quality of Life Pub Date : 2024-09-20 DOI:10.1007/s11482-024-10374-1

Grace B. Yu, Mohsen Joshanloo, M. Joseph Sirgy

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This study develops and tests a model of subjective indicators of national wellbeing that can be applied across countries worldwide. Using data from over 160,000 respondents in 137 countries from the 2019 Gallup World Poll, we examine how citizens’ satisfaction with national institutions and various environments (physical, political, economic, and social) affects their subjective wellbeing. Based on bottom-up spillover theory, we hypothesize that satisfaction with concrete country conditions affects overall life satisfaction and affective wellbeing. Results from Bayesian multilevel modeling support our hypotheses and show significant positive relationships between citizens’ satisfaction with national institutions, political, economic, and social environments and their subjective well-being. Satisfaction with the physical environment showed no significant effect in the full model but was significant when analyzed separately. This research provides a comprehensive framework for understanding the factors that influence national wellbeing in different global contexts and offers fresh insights for policymakers and researchers in assessing and improving quality of life at the national level.

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公民对国家级制度和条件的满意度对主观幸福感的影响：来自137个国家的证据

本研究开发并测试了一个可以在世界各国应用的国民幸福主观指标模型。利用2019年盖洛普世界民意调查中来自137个国家的16万多名受访者的数据，我们研究了公民对国家机构和各种环境（物理、政治、经济和社会）的满意度如何影响他们的主观幸福感。基于自下而上的溢出理论，我们假设对具体国家条件的满意度影响整体生活满意度和情感幸福感。贝叶斯多层模型的结果支持我们的假设，并显示公民对国家制度、政治、经济和社会环境的满意度与其主观幸福感之间存在显著的正相关关系。对物理环境的满意度在整个模型中没有显着影响，但在单独分析时显着影响。本研究为理解不同全球背景下影响国家福祉的因素提供了一个全面的框架，并为政策制定者和研究人员在评估和提高国家生活质量方面提供了新的见解。

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Applied Research in Quality of Life SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY-

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6.40

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11.80%

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期刊介绍： The aim of this journal is to publish conceptual, methodological and empirical papers dealing with quality-of-life studies in the applied areas of the natural and social sciences. As the official journal of the ISQOLS, it is designed to attract papers that have direct implications for, or impact on practical applications of research on the quality-of-life. We welcome papers crafted from interdisciplinary, inter-professional and international perspectives. This research should guide decision making in a variety of professions, industries, nonprofit, and government sectors, including healthcare, travel and tourism, marketing, corporate management, community planning, social work, public administration, and human resource management. The goal is to help decision makers apply performance measures and outcome assessment techniques based on concepts such as well-being, human satisfaction, human development, happiness, wellness and quality-of-life. The Editorial Review Board is divided into specific sections indicating the broad scope of practice covered by the journal. The section editors are distinguished scholars from many countries across the globe.