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Soccer, rooms, and the quality of your life: Mood effects on judgments of satisfaction with life in general and with specific domains
Author(s) -
Schwarz Norbert,
Strack Fritz,
Kommer Detlev,
Wagner Dirk
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
european journal of social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1099-0992
pISSN - 0046-2772
DOI - 10.1002/ejsp.2420170107
Subject(s) - psychology , mood , life satisfaction , task (project management) , social psychology , quality of life (healthcare) , quality (philosophy) , cognitive psychology , developmental psychology , psychotherapist , philosophy , management , epistemology , economics
Abstract Two studies on the impact of temporary moods on judgments of satisfaction with life in general and with specific life‐domains are reported. It was hypothesized that individuals simplify the complex task of evaluating their life in general by referring to their mood at the time of judgment, but evaluate specific life‐domains on the basis of domain‐specific information. In accordance with this hypothesis, both studies demonstrated strong mood effects on judgments of general life‐satisfaction but only weak and non‐significant effects on judgments of specific domain‐satisfactions. The findings are interpreted as supporting the hypothesis that affective states serve informative functions.