... coping resource availability were significant predictors of life satisfaction. The results for this study were said to support the finings of Simons and were explained in terms of, grades being one of the most important things to a student, and socialising acting as a coping resource. INTRODUCTION Research has shown that subjective well-being (Diener et. al 1985) is made up of three factors, positive affective appraisal, negative affective appraisal and life satisfaction. Life satisfaction is said to be more cognitively driven than affective appraisal. Neugarten, Havighurst and Tobin (1961) stated that life satisfaction is a psychological state that can be generally associated with psychological well-being. It is not an 'objective evaluation' of a persons quality of life. They stated that even if an individual has a high quality of life this does not automatically mean they have a high level of life satisfaction and if an individual has a high level of ...

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