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12-02-2019 | Research Paper

Predicting Life satisfaction in Spanish Adults of Advancing Age Attending University Educational Programs

Wellbeing is a major psychological construct in the social research tradition. The model of successful aging is one of the most well established models in the study of older people’s wellbeing. However, this model has been criticized, among other …

Authors:
P. Sancho, J. M. Tomás, A. Oliver, L. Galiana, M. Gutiérrez

12-02-2019 | Research Paper

Coping Behaviors as Predictors of Hedonic Well-Being in Asian Indians: Does Being Optimistic Still Make a Difference?

The present study examined optimism, as measured by the Life Orientation Test-Revised, and coping behaviors, as measured by the COPE scale, as predictors of hedonic well-being (viz., life satisfaction, positive affect, and subjective happiness) in …

Authors:
Edward C. Chang, Shangwen Yi, Jiting Liu, Shanmukh V. Kamble, Yujia Zhang, Bowen Shi, Yangming Ye, Yuan Fang, Kailin Cheng, Jianjie Xu, Jingyi Shen, Mingqi Li, Olivia D. Chang

Open Access 12-02-2019 | Research Paper

Materialism and Well-Being Revisited: The Impact of Personality

Although the negative link between materialism and well-being has been confirmed by results from many empirical studies, mechanisms underlying this association still remain partially unexplained. The issue is addressed in this article in two ways.

Author:
Małgorzata E. Górnik-Durose

08-02-2019 | Research Paper

Human Capital Endowments and Gender Differences in Subjective Well-Being in Chile

We study the gender life satisfaction gap by using a non-linear version of the Blinder–Oaxaca decomposition to isolate the effect of human capital inequalities among men and women in Chile, a country with one of the lowest female labor force …

Authors:
Javier G. Boncompte, Ricardo D. Paredes

06-02-2019 | Research Paper

Optimistically Accepting Suffering Boosts Happiness: Associations Between Buddhism Patience, Selflessness, and Subjective Authentic-Durable Happiness

Buddhism theory research indicates that Buddhism patience can boost happiness. However, few empirical studies have investigated the associations between patience, selflessness and subjective authentic-durable happiness. Therefore, the present …

Authors:
Jianjun Deng, Tsingan Li, Jingya Wang, Ruiping Zhang

25-01-2019 | Research Paper

Happiness, Happiness Inequality and Income Dynamics in South Africa

This paper explores the trends and determinants in happiness and happiness inequality in South Africa at the individual and aggregate district municipality level using the four waves of National Income Dynamics data. The findings indicate that …

Author:
Umakrishnan Kollamparambil

24-01-2019 | Research Paper

Happiness Matters: Productivity Gains from Subjective Well-Being

This article studies the link between subjective well-being and productivity at the aggregate level, using a matched dataset from surveys and official statistics. Well-being and productivity are measured, respectively, by life satisfaction and …

Authors:
Charles Henri DiMaria, Chiara Peroni, Francesco Sarracino

24-01-2019 | Research Paper

Integrating Philosophical and Psychological Accounts of Happiness and Well-Being

Philosophers have been interested in happiness and well-being since the Hellenic period. More recently, psychologists have begun to study how happy people are and what makes people’s lives go well. Today, these fields begin to converge, as …

Authors:
Sabrina Intelisano, Julia Krasko, Maike Luhmann

23-01-2019 | Research Paper

Interpersonal Offenses and Psychological Well-Being: The Mediating Role of Forgiveness

Despite increasing attention to the study of forgiveness, the links between forgiving real-life interpersonal hurts and psychological well-being have been overlooked. With a sample of 456 Spanish adults (aged 18–80 years), the aims of this study …

Authors:
Elena Gismero-González, Rafael Jódar, María Pilar Martínez, María José Carrasco, Virginia Cagigal, María Prieto-Ursúa

23-01-2019 | Research Paper

A Bright and a Dark Path to Adolescents’ Functioning: The Role of Need Satisfaction and Need Frustration Across Gender, Age, and Socioeconomic Status

A central tenet of Self-Determination Theory is that the basic psychological needs for autonomy, relatedness, and competence represent universal psychological nutriments for adolescents’ functioning. This study contributed to the investigation of …

Authors:
Ana Rodríguez-Meirinhos, Lucía Antolín-Suárez, Katrijn Brenning, Maarten Vansteenkiste, Alfredo Oliva

23-01-2019 | Research Paper

A Dynamic Model on Happiness and Exogenous Wealth Shock: The Case of Lottery Winners

The sudden acquisition of a large sum of money, known as “wealth shock,” can have unanticipated negative consequences, and actually cause greater unhappiness in its so-called beneficiaries. There is extensive economic literature describing these …

Authors:
Arie Sherman, Tal Shavit, Guy Barokas

22-01-2019 | Research Paper

We Do Not Have the Same Tastes! Evaluating Individual Heterogeneity in the Preferences for Amenities

It is widely recognized by scholars that amenities affect the individual well-being. Ample empirical evidence has been provided for developed countries, although this analysis for developing economies is scant. The aim of this paper is to study …

Authors:
Gustavo Ahumada, Victor Iturra, Mauricio Sarrias

19-01-2019 | Research Paper

Age-Related Differences in the Factor Structure of Multiple Wellbeing Indicators in a Large Multinational European Survey

There is increasing evidence that uni-dimensional wellbeing models often report comparable and sometimes better fit to multi-dimensional and hierarchical models. Recent proliferation in Bi-Factor modelling supports a general factor reflecting …

Author:
R. A. Burns

08-01-2019 | Research Paper

Happy Family Kitchen Movement: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of a Community-Based Family Holistic Health Intervention in Hong Kong

Families are often faced with long working hours and stressful urban lifestyles which adversely affect family well-being. The Happy Family Kitchen Movement project, which emphasized the interaction and integration of physical health and …

Authors:
Henry C. Y. Ho, Moses Wai-keung Mui, Alice Wan, Carol Wing-see Yew, Tai Hing Lam

05-01-2019 | Research Paper

Does Valuing Happiness Enhance Subjective Well-Being? The Age-Differential Effect of Interdependence

Previous studies found that the association between valuing happiness and well-being could be mediated by interdependence, and such mediation differed across cultures. We hypothesize a similar disparity between younger and older generations within …

Authors:
Natalie Wong, Xianmin Gong, Helene H. Fung

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