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Journal of Happiness Studies

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01.03.2012

The Relationships Between Life Satisfaction, Happiness, and Current Mood

verfasst von: Amelie Gamble, Tommy Gärling

Erschienen in: Journal of Happiness Studies | Ausgabe 1/2012

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The present research proposes and tests a conceptualization of happiness as a situation-dependent evaluation of hedonic experiences, specifically the valence and activation of current mood, as well as being related to cognitive judgments of life satisfaction. In Experiment 1 86 undergraduates rated their life satisfaction (five scales forming the Satisfaction With Life Scale), happiness on five rating scales, and valence and activation of current mood, each on three rating scales, before and after attending a lecture. The results showed that happiness was related to life satisfaction mediated by valence of current mood. The change in happiness from before to after attending the lecture was only influenced by the change in valence of the current mood. In Experiment 2 which used scenarios to induce valence and activation of current mood in four randomized groups with a total of 135 undergraduates, happiness was related to preference for current mood rated on three scales which in turn was directly affected by both the valence and activation induction. Valence was in the mood-induction scenarios related to the expected rate of goal pursuit and activation to incidental events. Experiment 3 demonstrated for another 59 undergraduates that happiness stayed related to preference for a positive mood despite that its relation to a positive mood was reversed in an incongruent situation.

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Titel: The Relationships Between Life Satisfaction, Happiness, and Current Mood
verfasst von: Amelie Gamble
Tommy Gärling
Publikationsdatum: 01.03.2012
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in: Journal of Happiness Studies / Ausgabe 1/2012
Print ISSN: 1389-4978
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-7780
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-011-9248-8

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