منابع شخصی در برهه از فرهنگ و رضایت از زندگی

This study investigates cultural group differences (Israeli Arab vs. Jewish) in personal resources and life satisfaction. Arab students evidenced lower levels of life satisfaction, as well as perceived personal resources, when compared to their Jewish counterparts. Furthermore, personal resources mediated the effects of culture on life satisfaction. The role of personal resources at the juncture of culture and life satisfaction was discussed.

In this study we compare Jewish and Arab students on personal resources and life satisfaction (LS). In addition, we probe the role of personal resources as mediators in the relationship between culture and LS. We begin our review of the literature by briefly discussing the construct of LS, and then survey a number of personal resources that have been commonly claimed to be major antecedents of LS. We then describe the backdrop for the present study and present the key hypotheses addressed in this study.