Abstract
We examined psychological home, place attachment, clutter, and life satisfaction with adult women of color (n = 99; M age = 50.33 years old) drawn from a larger national sample of women who self-identified with clutter tendencies. We assessed resource (i.e., annual household income, homeownership status, and relationship status) and contextual (i.e., type of dwelling, number of people in household, and years in residence) variables, plus measures of psychological home, place attachment, and clutter, as predictors of life satisfaction among women of color. Hierarchical regression analyses revealed that psychological home was a significant predictor of life satisfaction over and above resource and contextual variables. Place attachment and clutter did not moderate the relationship between home and life satisfaction. However, clutter mediated the relationship between home and life satisfaction. Implications for women of color, study limitations, and future directions are discussed.
Highlights
To better understand the similarities and differences in how satisfied individuals are with their life, researchers studied how gender, ethnicity, and numerous other variables affect levels of life satisfaction (Giusta, Jewell, & Kambhampati, 2011; Kirmanoglu & Baslevent, 2014)
We predicted that psychological home, after controlling for resource variables would be an indicator for life satisfaction over and above resource variables
In step 5 psychological home was a significant predictor of life satisfaction R = .50, R2 = .25, ΔR2 = .17, F (6, 90) = 3.74, p
Summary
To better understand the similarities and differences in how satisfied individuals are with their life, researchers studied how gender, ethnicity, and numerous other variables affect levels of life satisfaction (Giusta, Jewell, & Kambhampati, 2011; Kirmanoglu & Baslevent, 2014). Judgements of satisfaction depend on how individuals compare their present life circumstances to a standard they have set for themselves, not an externally imposed standard (Diener et al, 1985). This approach is an important distinction from other global measures of SWB or criterion deemed important by researchers. This view of life satisfaction is especially the case when the focus is on people of diverse ethnic backgrounds, who may have different values and perceptions of what defines a “good life” (Hart & Ben-Yoseph, 2005; Kirmanoglu & Baslevent (2005)
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