Zadovoljstvo životom: individualna i obiteljska perspektiva

The aim of this paper is to present the development and the current understanding of the life satisfaction construct in order to make it operational for the project "Specific characteristics of families at risk: a contribution to the planning of complex interventions". The literature review points to a lack of generally accepted demarcations and operationalizations of various constructs that are often used synonymously, such as life satisfaction, well-being and quality of life. Therefore, this paper begins with a differentiation of life satisfaction from the constructs of quality of life and well-being. According to current understanding, the construct of life satisfaction is positioned inside the area of the broader construct of subjective well-being that is being researched as part of the umbrella term: quality of life. Subjective well-being has two components: an affective and a cognitive one. Life satisfaction is a measure of the cognitive component of subjective well-being as it relates to the assessment of life satisfaction. Besides the issues that arise in the understanding and research of individual life satisfaction, the measurement of satisfaction with family life raises additional questions that are also discussed in this paper. The family perspective of life satisfaction is seldom investigated so this paper gives an overview of recent studies on the quality of family life and family life satisfaction, but also discusses some instruments developed to measure life satisfaction and satisfaction with family life.