Male faculty at a large southeastern university were surveyed to determine their feelings of satisfaction with 15 specific areas of life and with their lives in general (life satisfaction). Respondents were also asked to rank each of the 15 specific areas as to its importance to life satisfaction. The mean subjective rankings were correlated with several statistically determined sets of contributors to life satisfaction with no relationships being found. People subjectively determine the importance of contributors to life satisfaction differently than do multivariate analyses derived from satisfaction ratings for those contributors. Suggestions for additional research are provided.
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