To which extent do happiness correlates contribute to the stability of life satisfaction? Which method is appropriate to provide a conclusive answer to this question? Based on life satisfaction data of the German SOEP, we show that by Negative Binomial quasi-maximum likelihood estimation statements can be made as to how far correlates of happiness contribute to the stabilisation of life satisfaction. The results show that happiness correlates which are generally associated with a positive change in life satisfaction, also stabilise life satisfaction and destabilise dissatisfaction with life. In such as they lower the probability of leaving positive states of life satisfaction and increase the probability of leaving dissatisfied states. This in particular applies to regular exercise, volunteering and living in a marriage. We further conclude that both patterns in response behaviour and the quality of the measurement instrument, the life satisfaction scale, have a significant effect on the variation and stability of reported life satisfaction.

幸福感在多大程度上有助于生活满意度的稳定？哪种方法可以为这个问题提供结论性答案？根据德国SOEP的生活满意度数据，我们表明，通过负二项式准最大似然估计语句，可以得出关于幸福感相关性对生活满意度稳定有多大贡献的陈述。结果表明，幸福感通常与生活满意度的积极变化相关，还可以使生活满意度稳定，并使对生活的不满意情绪不稳定。这样，他们降低了离开生活满意的积极状态的可能性，并增加了离开不满意状态的可能性。这尤其适用于定期锻炼，志愿服务和婚姻生活。