A survey of a random sample of 1,330 Swedish residents assessed the relationships between affect associated with performance of routine out-of-home activities, mood, and judgments of life satisfaction (cognitive subjective wellbeing, CSWB). Regression analyses showed that sociodemographic variables accounted for most variance in CSWB (7%) and least in mood (2%). In agreement with previous research, CSWB increased with income, employment, and cohabiting with a spouse, and had a U-formed relationship with age. Affect associated with routine activities accounted for more variance than the socio-demographic variables in mood (30%) and in CSWB (13%). Mood partially mediated the effect on CSWB of affect associated with the activities. The results suggest that future policy-related research should consider the possibility that community-provided resources that facilitate performance of routine out-of-home activities would increase life satisfaction. © 2011 Springer Science+Business Media B.V./The International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies (ISQOLS).
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Bergstad, C. J., Gamble, A., Hagman, O., Polk, M., Gärling, T., Ettema, D., … Olsson, L. E. (2012). Influences of Affect Associated with Routine Out-of-Home Activities on Subjective Well-Being. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 7(1), 49–62. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11482-011-9143-9
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