Journal of Happiness Studies

COVID-19 and Subjective Well-Being in the United States: Age Matters

• Original Paper

Younghwan Song

Subjective Well-Being and Education in China: The Moderating Role of Educational Position

• Research Paper

Li Liao, Aihong Li

The (Un)Happy Moralist? Different Methods of Moral Engagement have Opposing Implications for Wellbeing

• Open Access
• Original Paper

Tamanna Taher, Chloe Goutallier, Kelly Kirkland, Brock Bastian

What You See is What You Get: The Effect of Perceived Inequality on Subjective Well-Being

• Open Access
• Original Research

Melvin John, Herbert Bless, Michaela Wänke

How Long do We Flourish? A Flourishing State or Trait? A Longitudinal Examination of the Diener Flourishing Scale

• Open Access
• Original Paper

Balázs András Varga, Attila Oláh, Róbert Urbán, András Vargha

The Disruptive Long-Term Costs of International Migration on Subjective Well-Being

• Open Access
• Research Paper

Gabriel Rodríguez-Puello, Leonidas Hernandez, Diana Romero-Espinosa, Francisco Rowe

Helping Behavior Associated with Daily Creativity Through an Increased Sense of Competence: A Daily Diary Study

• Original Paper

Jiabin Liu, Ru-De Liu, Yaoqi Jiang, Xiantong Yang, Yi Yang

Social Equity Perception and Subjective Well-Being: Evidence from China

• Original Paper

Fan Yang, Yadan Li, Shaohua Zhu, Yaling Luo, Shuhan Yan, Yao Jiang

Buddhist Thought on Happiness and Income Growth Relations Across Varying Income Countries

• Open Access
• Research Paper

Pathairat Pastpipatkul, Htwe Ko

Does a Short Gratitude Intervention Impact Cardiovascular Reactivity to Stress?

Brian Leavy, Brenda H. O’Connell, Deirdre O’Shea

Cultural Nuances of Agency-Wellbeing Relationship: Testing the Person-Culture Match and Cultural Heterogeneity Hypotheses

• Original Paper

Hye Won Kwon, Rengin B. Firat

What an (Un) Favorable Match: Public Sector Employment and the Reversal of the Overeducation-Job Satisfaction Penalty

• Open Access
• Original Paper

Theresa Geißler

Does Flourishing Mental Health Improve Perceived Quality of Life?

• Open Access
• Original Paper

Eunsoo Timothy Kim, Bo-Hyeong Jane Lee, Rae Jean Proeschold-Bell

The Emotional Climate of Academia: Exploring Social Media Data as an Indicator of Well-Being

• Open Access
• Original Paper

Sarah Marie Müller, André Bittermann

Happy Where You Are? Exploring Migration Intentions and Subjective Well-being Through a Discrete Choice Experiment

• Research Paper

Victor Iturra, Mauricio Sarrias

Life Satisfaction Differences Across Trust Profiles Among Dutch Adolescents

• Open Access
• Original Paper

Shanshan Bi, Marlies Maes, Gonneke W. J. M. Stevens, Catrin Finkenauer

The Role of Laughter Therapy in Adults: Life Satisfaction and Anxiety Control. A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis

• Open Access
• Review Paper

Yelsyn-Mauricio Porras-Jiménez, Pedro L. Pancorbo-Hidalgo, Isabel María López-Medina, Carmen Álvarez-Nieto

The Compensation Effect After Competence Frustration: Utilizing the Lifespan Developmental Perspective on Flow Theory

• Original Research

Liang Meng, Xu Wang

One Size Does Not Make All Happy: Idionomic Links Between Striving for Positive States and Happiness in Experience Sampling

• Open Access
• Research Paper

Baljinder K. Sahdra, Areum Shin, Madeleine Fraser, Michael E. Levin, Korena S. Klimczak, Jennifer Krafft, Steven C. Hayes, Cristóbal Hernández, Joseph Ciarrochi

Unemployment’s Life-Satisfaction Cost and Loneliness

• Open Access
• Research Paper

Tim Friehe, Christian Pfeifer

Obituary Richard Easterlin (1926-2024)

• Obituary

Kelsey J O’Connor

Mindfulness-Based Art Therapy with Hospitalized Depressed Individuals–The Temporal Order of Change in Mindfulness, Rumination, and Affect

• Open Access
• Research Paper

Maja Stańko-Kaczmarek, Tomasz Jankowski, Robert Bartel, Maria Stankowska, Marta Andrzejewska, Filip Rybakowski, Łukasz Kaczmarek, Janusz Rybakowski

Life Satisfaction and Emotional Well-being among Older Adults: Does Working after Retirement Age Matter??

• Open Access
• Original Paper

Alisa C. Lewin, Haya Stier

A Longitudinal Study on the Relationship Between Mental Well-Being and Creative Ability Among Graduate Students

• Original Paper

Yuanmeng Tang, Qing Wang, Hongyu Shan, Baoguo Shi

Trust a Stranger? Investigating Community Trust and Economic Inequality as Barriers to Positive Interactions among Strangers

• Original Research

Taylor N. West, Catherine J. Berman, B. Keith Payne, Keely A. Muscatell, Barbara L. Fredrickson

Socioeconomic Status, Need Fulfillment, and Subjective Well-Being

• Open Access
• Original Research

Filip Fors Connolly, Arvid Lindh

The Causal Effect of Active School Travel on Children’s Subjective Well-Being: Evidence from the China Family Panel Survey

• Research Paper

Linlin Wu, Zhen Qin, Peng Jing, Ying Xue, Danning Shao, Pan Luo

Why Do We Feel so Time Poor? A Daily Diary Study of Time Poverty and Well-Being

• Original Paper

Mengxi Dong, Xiaomin Sun

Developmental Trajectories of Students’ Life Satisfaction and Reciprocal Relations with Parental Autonomy Support in Elementary and Secondary School

• Research Paper

Tianye Ling