We focused on the relations between early adolescents’ major
personality traits and their reports of global life satisfaction (LS)
and domain-specific LS in this study. Global LS reports reflect a cognitive
evaluation of the quality of one’s life (Diener, Emmons,
Larsen, & Griffin, 1985) whereas domain-specific LS reports reflect
cognitive evaluations of the quality of specific, major life domains,
such as school, family, and self. Such evaluations are based on comparisons
of individuals’ circumstances with standards set by the
individual (e.g., Diener et al., 1985).