Abstract
One area of positive psychology analyzes subjective well-being (SWB), people's cognitive and affective evaluations of their lives. Progress has been made in understanding the components of SWB, the importance of adaptation and goals to feelings of well-being, the temperament underpinnings of SWB, and the cultural influences on well-being. Representative selection of respondents, naturalistic experience sampling measures, and other methodological refinements are now used to study SWB and could be used to produce national indicators of happiness.
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HappinessSubjective well-beingPsychologyFeelingWell-beingTemperamentSocial psychologyLife satisfactionCognitionExperience sampling methodIndex (typography)Developmental psychologyPersonalityPsychotherapist
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- 55
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- 1
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- 34-43
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Ed Diener
(2000).
Subjective well-being: The science of happiness and a proposal for a national index..
American Psychologist
, 55
(1)
, 34-43.
https://doi.org/10.1037/0003-066x.55.1.34
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- 10.1037/0003-066x.55.1.34