| Abstract: | The relationship of a vacation to global and domain-specific life satisfaction was examined. Comparison of pre-and postvacation measures indicated an increase in global life satisfaction and a slight increase in satisfaction within the domain of money, but no significant change in the domains of marriagel/family, work, leisure, community, or outdoors/nature. Retrospective measures of domain and global vacation satisfactions increased the predictability of postvacation satisfaction significantly for four of the six specific domains and for overall satisfaction. The domain specificity of satisfactions was supported only for the domains of marriage/family and work. The results are discussed in terms of their support for a domain-specific approach to life satisfaction. |
