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Job Satisfaction, Leisure Satisfaction, and Psychological Health
Author(s) -
Pearson Quinn M.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
the career development quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.846
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 2161-0045
pISSN - 0889-4019
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-0045.1998.tb00718.x
Subject(s) - job satisfaction , leisure satisfaction , psychology , blue collar , regression analysis , psychological health , stepwise regression , collar , job attitude , clinical psychology , social psychology , job performance , medicine , demographic economics , mechanical engineering , machine learning , computer science , economics , engineering
Job satisfaction, leisure satisfaction, and psychological health were measured for 189 adult men who were employed full time. Job satisfaction and leisure satisfaction were found to be significant positive predictors of psychological health. Stepwise regression analyses indicated that job satisfaction was the better predictor of psychological health, but leisure satisfaction added significantly to the prediction. Although job satisfaction was significantly higher for white‐collar (professional) workers than for blue‐collar workers, the prediction of psychological health by the independent variables was not affected by occupational status. Theoretical and counseling implications are discussed.