Decoupling the Effects of Wayfinding Competence, Trait-Anxiety and Subjective Well-Being from a GESIS German Sample

The study examines how wayfinding competence coupled with predisposed trait-anxiety can produce negative daily experience in individuals’ subjective well-being. The GESIS granted the permission to test this hypothesis using a sample of 7599 residents in Germany. A measure of wayfinding competence is...

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Published in:Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) N.J.), 2019-02, Vol.38 (1), p.249-259
Main Author: Cheng, Kevin H. C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activities of daily living
Anxiety
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Diagnosis
Health aspects
Psychological aspects
Psychology
Quality of life
Social aspects
Social Sciences
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Summary:The study examines how wayfinding competence coupled with predisposed trait-anxiety can produce negative daily experience in individuals’ subjective well-being. The GESIS granted the permission to test this hypothesis using a sample of 7599 residents in Germany. A measure of wayfinding competence is based on the German Questionnaire of Spatial Strategies (GQSS). Trait-Anxiety is measured by a sub-domain of the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS). Subjective well-being is an operationalization of the construct devised by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). In a hierarchical regression model, where demographic and other socio-economic variables are held constant, a mediating model linking the effect of wayfinding competence, trait-anxiety and subjective well-being were assessed. The data supports a direct and a mediated effect of wayfinding competence on subjective well-being via trait-anxiety. The mediating effect for the older age group was prominent.
ISSN:1046-1310
1936-4733
DOI:10.1007/s12144-017-9602-z