Well-being Changes from Year to Year: A Comparison of Current, Remembered and Predicted Life SatisfactionJournal of Happiness Studies - Tập 23 - Trang 1669-1681 - 2021
Marcus Klemm
I study yearly changes in personal well-being combining data on current, retrospective and prospective life satisfaction from the German Socio-Economic Panel. Predicted and remembered changes in life satisfaction are both positive on average and match well, whereas the average year to year-change inferred from reports of current life satisfaction is negative. Retrospective assessments of past well...... hiện toàn bộ
Personal Growth of Mothers of Preterms: Objective Severity of the Event, Subjective Stress, Personal Resources, and Maternal Emotional SupportJournal of Happiness Studies - Tập 19 - Trang 2167-2186 - 2017
Gal Rozen, Orit Taubman – Ben-Ari, Tzipora Strauss, Iris Morag
This prospective study investigated the personal growth of Israeli mothers of premature babies at two medically defined risk levels (infants at low risk, n = 42; infants at moderate-high risk, n = 52), examining the contribution to the five dimensions of personal growth of objective event characteristics (baby’s risk level), perceived levels of mother’s stress (linear and curvilinear associations)...... hiện toàn bộ
New developments in emotion regulation with an emphasis on the positive spectrum of human functioningJournal of Happiness Studies - Tập 8 - Trang 303-310 - 2006
Todd B. Kashdan
There is converging evidence from several psychological fields on the ways in which individuals engage in specific strategies to modify, alter, or accept their emotional experiences to obtain more desirable outcomes. The current Special Issue is dedicated to a series of examinations on how these self-regulatory strategies can promote resilience, create and sustain positive moods and intrinsic moti...... hiện toàn bộ
Informed Pursuit of Happiness: What we should know, do know and can get to knowJournal of Happiness Studies - Tập 16 - Trang 1035-1071 - 2014
Ruut Veenhoven
The rational pursuit of happiness requires knowledge of happiness and in particular answers to the following four questions: (1) Is greater happiness realistically possible? (2) If so, to what extent is that in our own hands? (3) How can we get happier? What things should be considered in the choices we make? (4) How does the pursuit of happiness fit with other things we value? Answers to these qu...... hiện toàn bộ
Neighborhood Determinants of Quality of LifeJournal of Happiness Studies - Tập 13 - Trang 547-563 - 2011
Néstor Gandelman, Giorgina Piani, Zuleika Ferre
In this paper we analyze various dimensions of the quality of life in Uruguay. The results suggest that differences in overall happiness and in domain satisfaction can partly be explained by different levels of access to public goods. We find that the monetary equivalent value of public goods such as electricity, running water, sewage system, drainage, waste disposal system, street lighting, sidew...... hiện toàn bộ
Measurement of Positive Irrational Beliefs (Positive Cognitive Illusions)Journal of Happiness Studies - Tập 17 - Trang 1069-1088 - 2015
J. J. Collard, R. A. Cummins, M. Fuller-Tyskiewicz
The role of positive irrational beliefs (positive cognitive illusions) in mental health has been debated over several decades. The measurement of such beliefs has usually been through inferential assessment, which has been heavily criticised. This paper sought to establish a measure for the direct assessment of such beliefs and to assess their relationship to subjective wellbeing (SWB). Over two s...... hiện toàn bộ
A Correlational Study of Creativity, Happiness, Motivation, and Stress from Creative PursuitsJournal of Happiness Studies - Tập 17 - Trang 609-626 - 2015
Michael W. Ceci, V. K. Kumar
This study examined the relationship of creative capacity with happiness, affect, motivation, and stress from creative pursuits using a sample of 420 students. In addition, it tested whether a relationship existed between overall creative capacity and specific styles or approaches to creative expression. A composite creative capacity score was derived from four creative capacity measures. Creative...... hiện toàn bộ