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Life Satisfaction in Relation to Orientations to Happiness and Happiness Enhancing Activities in Married Couples: An Application of the Actor-Partner Interdependence Mediation Model
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Abstract
This study examined the actor and partner effect of orientations to happiness and happiness-enhancingactivities on life satisfaction. The self-reported data were collected as a dyad unit consisting of 276 marriedcouples aged from 30 to 59 and living in Seoul and Gyeonggi province. The data were analyzed usingpaired-t tests, correlations and APIMeM. The results were as follows. First, the husbands reported relativelyhigh endorsement of seeking meaning compared to their wives. The husbands spent more time ingoal-focused activities than their wives, while the wives spent more time in community and personalrelationship activities than their husbands did. The husbands reported greater life satisfaction than theirwives. Second, the actor effects of orientations to happiness on life satisfaction through happiness-enhancingactivities were significant both in the husbands and wives. However, the partner effect of happinessenhancingactivities on life satisfaction was significant only from the wives to the husbands. These findingswould provide information and resources for practical programs enhancing the life satisfaction of marriedcouples.