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Subjective Well-Being
- 1st Edition
- Editors: F. Strack, M. Argyle, N. Schwarz
- Language: English
This volume brings together several authors from different areas of psychology and the neighbouring social sciences. Each contributes their own perspective on the growing interest… Read more
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This volume brings together several authors from different areas of psychology and the neighbouring social sciences. Each contributes their own perspective on the growing interest topic of subjective well-being. The aim of the volume is to present these divergent perspectives and to foster communication between the different areas. Split into three parts, this volume firstly discusses the general perspectives of subjective well-being and addresses fundamental questions, secondly it discusses the dynamics of subjective well-being and more specific research issues to give a better understanding of the general phenomenon, and thirdly the book emphasizes the social context in which people experience and report their happiness and satisfaction.
For social psychologists and students of psychology and sociology.
Introduction, F Strack, M Argyle & N Schwarz. General Perspectives. Questions on happiness: classical topics, modern answers, blind spots, R Veenhoven. Evaluating one's life: a judgmental model of subjective well-being, N Schwarz & F Strack. Subjective well-being: a stocks and flows framework, B Headey & A Wearing. The Dynamics of Subjective Well-Being. The psychological causes of happiness, M Argyle & M Martin. Endowment and contrast in judgments of well-being, A Tversky & D Griffin. Happiness is the frequency, not intensity, of positive versus negative affect, E Diener, E Sandvik & W Pavot. The relationship between life satisfaction and psychological variables: new perspectives, P Lewinsohn, J Redner and J Seeley. Subjective Well-Being in its Social Context. Emotions in everyday life situations. Time sampling of subjective experience, H Brandstatter. The situational and personal correlates of happiness: a cross-national comparison, M Czikszentmihalyi & M Mei-Ha Wong. Subjective well-being in the face of critical life events: the case of successful copers, S-H Filipp & T Klauer. Work and leisure satisfaction, A Furnham. Quality of life in advanced industrialized countries: the case of West Germany, W Glatzer.
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published:
- Imprint: Pergamon