What are The Best and Worst Times in the Lives of South African Township Dwellers? A Content Analysis of the Self-Defined End-Anchors for Bernheim's ACSA Scale of Subjective Well-Being
What are The Best and Worst Times in the Lives of South African Township Dwellers? A Content Analysis of the Self-Defined End-Anchors for Bernheim's ACSA Scale of Subjective Well-Being
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南非小镇居民生活中最好和最坏的时光是什么？
DOI：
10.1007/s11205-012-0073-1
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发表时间：
2012
影响因子：
3.1
通讯作者：
Møller V
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作者：
Møller V
伯恩海姆的ACSA是一种不太传统的主观幸福感测量方法，最初是为临床环境而开发的，应用于东开普省的南非黑人城镇居民样本（n= 1020）。记忆性比较自我评估是一种具有具体锚点的体验性自锚量表（Bernheim in Psychologie m<s:1> dicale 15:1625-1626, 1983）。受访者用自己的语言描述了他们生活中经历的“最好”和“最坏”时期，并在这两个极端范围内对他们目前的生活状况进行了评分，这两个极端是11分ACSA量表的终点。ACSA得分与主观幸福感的常规测量显着正相关。该研究详细检查了ACSA锚点的内容，即按领域分类的受访者生活中最好和最差的时期，以深入了解在发展中国家环境中应用于生活质量评估的参考比较。与早期ACSA研究的情况一样，作为参考标准的大多数领域都与自我和家庭生活有关。然而，以收入、经济保障和住房为代表的物质生活水平也是个人生活的重要支柱，反映了后种族隔离时期南非的生活目标。年龄、性别、教育程度和自我报告的健康状况与选定主播的选择有关。讨论为今后在使用锚点描述的预编码多选择格式的大样本调查中应用ACSA提供了指导。结论是，ACSA主播的内容与当代普通南非人对美好生活的定义密切相关。
Bernheim’s ACSA, a less conventional measure of subjective well-being originally developed for use in a clinical setting, was applied to a sample of black South African township dwellers (n= 1,020) in the Eastern Cape Province. The Anamnestic Comparative Self Assessment is an experiential self-anchoring scale with concrete anchors (Bernheim in Psychologie médicale 15:1625–1626, 1983). Respondents described the ‘best’ and ‘worst’ periods experienced in their lives in their own words and rated their current life situation within these two extremes that served as the end-anchors of an 11-point rating scale, ACSA. The ACSA score was significantly positively correlated with conventional measures of subjective well-being. The study examined in detail the content of the ACSA anchors, the best and worst periods of respondents’ lives, classified by domain, to gain insights into reference comparisons applied in quality-of-life evaluation in a developing country setting. As was the case in earlier ACSA studies, most domains that served as reference standards were related to the self and family life. However, material living standards, represented by the domains of income, financial security and housing also featured prominently as personal anchors—a reflection of life goals in post-apartheid South Africa. Age, gender, education and self-reported health were associated with the choice of select anchors. The discussion provides pointers for future applications of ACSA in large sample surveys using a pre-coded multiple-choice format for anchor descriptions. It is concluded that the content of ACSA anchors corresponds closely to contemporary definitions of the good life among ordinary South Africans.