abstract: 'The education level and social participation of contemporary Chinese

  women have reached their historical peak; work is fast becoming the

  dominant theme of their lives. However, influenced by traditional

  attitudes, women are still expected to undertake the main family care

  tasks, thus, facing dual constraints of family and work, which seriously

  affect their life happiness. Based on the theory of subjective

  well-being and feminist geography, this study used the questionnaire

  survey and in-depth interview results of professional females in Dalian

  High-tech Industrial Zone as basic data to explore the life satisfaction

  and emotional cognition in intra- and extra-household life of

  professional females (Professional females: In this study, they are the

  women who have received formal education and currently have full-time

  and steady job (including regular employees in the national systems and

  those who have signed labor contracts with labor units).). The following

  results were obtained: (1) Most professional females reported higher

  life satisfaction in intra- rather than extra-household life, and it

  varied with individual attributes, reflecting the internal differences

  among them. (2) The positive emotions of professional females came from

  the company of family and friends in intra-household life, and

  satisfaction with the working environment and treatment in

  extra-household life. (3) The negative emotions came from the pressure

  of ``marriage,{''''} ``birth,{''''} and other traditional concepts in

  intra-household life. In extra-household life, it came from the health

  problems caused by working stress, interpersonal problems and gender

  inequality in the workplace, and the anxiety of age and future career

  development. Therefore, this study committed to revealing the living

  status and subjective feelings of contemporary professional females in

  China, hoping to improve women''s life quality and enhance their life

  happiness from a theoretical and realistic perspective.'
affiliation: 'Zhang, YQ (Corresponding Author), Liaoning Normal Univ, Sch Geog, Dalian,
  Peoples R China.

  Zhang, Yuqing; Gao, Ya; Liu, Tianbao; Li, Xueming, Liaoning Normal Univ, Sch Geog,
  Dalian, Peoples R China.

  Zhan, Chengcheng, Dalian 8 Senior High Sch, Dalian, Peoples R China.'
article-number: '904298'
author: Zhang, Yuqing and Gao, Ya and Zhan, Chengcheng and Liu, Tianbao and Li, Xueming
author-email: zhangyuqing@lnnu.edu.cn
author_list:
- family: Zhang
  given: Yuqing
- family: Gao
  given: Ya
- family: Zhan
  given: Chengcheng
- family: Liu
  given: Tianbao
- family: Li
  given: Xueming
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.904298
files: []
issn: 1664-1078
journal: FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
keywords: 'professional females; intra-household life; extra-household life; life

  satisfaction; emotional cognition'
keywords-plus: 'LIFE SATISFACTION; GENDER-DIFFERENCES; MODERATING ROLE; GEOGRAPHY;
  TIME;

  SPACE; WORK; IMPACTS; CHINA; WOMEN'
language: English
month: JUL 5
number-of-cited-references: '116'
papis_id: c464d03600b01f5258e27af6427e4240
ref: Zhang2022subjectivewellbeing
researcherid-numbers: wang, xiao/HZI-9156-2023
times-cited: '1'
title: 'Subjective Well-Being of Professional Females: A Case Study of Dalian High-Tech
  Industrial Zone'
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000829011300001
usage-count-last-180-days: '37'
usage-count-since-2013: '50'
volume: '13'
web-of-science-categories: Psychology, Multidisciplinary
year: '2022'