Abstract
Subjective well-being explores the evaluations, both positive and negative, of how people experience their lives. Research in the field inquires how people perceive theirwell-being in different settings, including different cultures, regions and cities. A largenumber of different measures have been designed to capture subjective well-being. One of the most used SWB measure is the Personal Well-being Index (PWI), an evaluation of lifedeveloped by Cummins et al [(2003).
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, 159–190] whichproposes that satisfaction with life consists of seven different life-domains. Theoreticalconsiderations of the contribution of spirituality and religiosity to life satisfaction, from aeudaimonic (from the Greek, it consists of the word ‘‘eu’’ (good or well-being) and theword ‘‘daemon’’ (spirit)) point of view, led to test the contribution of this new domain inthe prediction of the Personal Well-being Index (PWI) in Bogota´, Colombia. Empiricalresults confirm the construct validity and reliability of the scale. The contribution of thenew domain—satisfaction with spirituality and religiosity—to PWI was found significant.Based on these results the paper explores conceptually the role of spirituality contributingto satisfaction with life. The finding stresses the importance of interpreting satisfactionwith life as a whole from the Aristotelian concept of eudaimonia. New questions forresearch in this important area are proposed