When Too Much Is Not Enough: What Constitutes an Optimal Explanation in Psychology?filmmusicemotionsappraisalcongruencyIn this article we first describe a broad multilevel framework representing the determinants of human behavior and consider its advantages. Expanding on the upper part of this framework,...
Subjective well-being has three components:life satisfaction (LS), positive affect (PA), and negative affect (NA)(Andrews & Withey, 1976). Individuals are said to have high SWB if they experience LS and frequent PA (e.g., joy, optimism) and infrequent NA (e.g., sadness, anger). How...
In this essay I will define and discuss the concepts of ‘positive psychology’, of ‘happiness’, which is synonymous with subjective well-being (SWB); of ‘the architecture of sustainable happiness’; and the biopsychosocial model. I aim to demonstrate that SWB is a multifaceted and can only...
There is increasing interest in the "economics of happiness", reflected by the number of articles that are appearing in mainstream economics journals that consider subjective well-being (SWB) and its determinants. This paper provides a detailed review of this literature. It focuses on papers that ...
Today, many social scientists use the word to denote subjective satisfaction with life, which is also referred to as subjective well-being (SWB). This use of the word fits the bottom right quadrant of Fig. 1. In this paper, we follow this conceptualization as it is also the focus of the...
26 [25]. Simi- larly, proponents of subjective wellbeing (SWB)—which is typically measured through life satisfaction, satisfaction with different domains of life, happiness and other positive and negative affects—struggle to address concerns that an individuals' subjective reports of their life ...
http://www.socresonline.org.uk/19/2/1.html A vast literature has recently emerged on subjective well-being (SWB) examining the determinants of happiness and life satisfaction, particularly in Psychology and Economics. The research area h... C Kroll 被引量: 4发表: 2013年 A Collective Pictur...
Given the important role of this “aspiration gap” (Schor, 1999) in SWB, the question arises as to how it can be reduced. The path encouraged by consumer culture and some forms of capitalism is to “get what one wants,” or meet one’s standards by obtaining (more) money and wealth...
- 《Journal of General Psychology》 被引量: 127发表: 2005年 Satisfaction and Happiness – The Bright Side of Quality of Life Researchers and policy makers have become increasingly interested in using happiness or subjective wellbeing (SWB) as an index of quality of life. We exami... L Tay...
is obviously hard work. But we should not regard this as “treating” supposed “disorders”, because these knots and black holes are part of the landscape of our complex psychology as opposed to abnormal pathologies. When changes at a personal level are needed, we could describe overcoming the...