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Children’s Expressions of Gratitude for General and Specific Categories Amid a Pandemic J. Happiness Stud. (IF 4.087) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Simone P. Nguyen, Cameron L. Gordon
This naturalistic study examines how broad societal events like the COVID-19 pandemic affect children’s gratitude expressions for general and specific categories of needs. Gratitude expressions (N = 6908) written by children in the United States (N = 3613, Mage = 6.96 years) before the pandemic (November 2018, 2019) and during the pandemic (November 2020, 2021) were collected from online newspapers
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Contribution of Relationships with Friends and Teachers and Experiences of School Violence to the Subjective Well-Being of Immigrant Children J. Happiness Stud. (IF 4.087) Pub Date : 2024-02-26
Abstract While the individual trajectories of immigrant children may differ, attending school is a collective experience for most children. When considering children’s integration into their respective school environments, social interactions with peers and teachers may contribute to their ease of integration and overall subjective well-being, as well as potential experiences of violence within the
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The Prevalence of Positive Affect over Negative Affect in Adolescents’ Well-being: Moderating Role of Individualism J. Happiness Stud. (IF 4.087) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Qingke Guo, Wang Zheng, Zhenhua Han
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Happy Moments between Children and Their Parents: A Multi-method and Multi-informant Perspective J. Happiness Stud. (IF 4.087) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Flavia Izzo, Edoardo Saija, Susanna Pallini, Salvatore Ioverno, Roberto Baiocco, Jessica Pistella
Research interest in children’s happiness has increasingly grown in recent years. Studies of children’s happiness have shown that happiness promotes greater social and emotional well-being during childhood. The present study explores the different perspectives of children and their parents on happy moments spent together, examining potential discrepancies in points of view. Semi-structured interviews
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Reciprocal Relations Between Meaning in Life, Beneficence, and Psychological Needs for Autonomy, Competence, and Relatedness: Evidence from a Three-Wave Longitudinal Study J. Happiness Stud. (IF 4.087) Pub Date : 2024-02-24
Abstract Meaning in life has been established as a key factor of human well-being and flourishing. Beneficence and the three psychological needs of self-determination theory—autonomy, competence, and relatedness—have all been individually studied as antecedents of meaningfulness. Yet, no previous research has examined them neither longitudinally nor simultaneously as predictors of meaning over time
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Better to Grow Up Poor in a Richer Place? Social Housing, Neighbourhood Comparisons, and English Teenagers’ Well-Being J. Happiness Stud. (IF 4.087) Pub Date : 2024-02-18
Abstract How does being comparatively socio-economically disadvantaged within their neighbourhood affect the lived experiences of young teenagers? We explore this question on a sample of 13 to 15-year-old teenagers living in social housing in England. We explore three major domains of young teenagers’ well-being: (a) their sense of generally leading a bad life, (b) conflictual family interactions,
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Aristotelian Flourishing and Contemporary Philosophical Theories of Wellbeing J. Happiness Stud. (IF 4.087) Pub Date : 2024-02-14
Abstract Several philosophical theories of wellbeing claim Aristotelian ancestry and employ an Aristotelian construct of flourishing. Yet it is not clear how we should interpret Aristotle’s notion of flourishing or eudaimonia (εὐδαιμονία). In this article, we offer an analysis of Aristotle’s notion of eudaimonia and consider to what extent it can be categorized within the framework of contemporary
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Emotional Experiences, Well-Being, and Ill-Being During Art Museum Visits: A Latent Class Analysis J. Happiness Stud. (IF 4.087) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Katherine N. Cotter, Rebekah M. Rodriguez-Boerwinkle, Sarah Silver, Maya Hardy, Henry Putney, James O. Pawelski
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Role of Positive and Negative Emotion Regulation in Well-being and Health: The Interplay between Positive and Negative Emotion Regulation Abilities is Linked to Mental and Physical Health J. Happiness Stud. (IF 4.087) Pub Date : 2024-02-13
Abstract Appropriate regulation of emotions is vital to daily functioning. Previous studies have shown that regulating negative emotions can improve health and wellbeing. However, the relationship between positive and negative emotion regulation and their interactions with positive and negative affect, life satisfaction, and health is not well understood. In addition, no studies have investigated the
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Storytelling Elaboration and Hope During COVID-19 Shutdowns: Ties with College Adults’ Psychosocial Adjustment J. Happiness Stud. (IF 4.087) Pub Date : 2024-02-11
Abstract This study considered the college adults’ ways reports of trait hope and expressions of fact-based elaboration in reflections about family- and friend-based perseverance—as individual differences relevant to life challenges and ongoing pursuit toward goals—were associated with multiple reports of psychosocial adjustment. These reports were collected against the backdrop of college closures
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To Evaluate the Age–Happiness Relationship, Look Beyond Statistical Significance J. Happiness Stud. (IF 4.087) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 David Bartram
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Meaning in Late Life: A Scoping Review J. Happiness Stud. (IF 4.087) Pub Date : 2024-02-07
Abstract Throughout the years some scholars have emphasised that developmental changes might influence the experience of meaning in life (MIL), especially in the case of older adults. However, so far, it is unclear whether researchers implement this developmental perspective when conceptualising MIL in late life. This scoping review aims to get insight in the developmental focus on conceptualising
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Savouring the Present to Better Recall the Past J. Happiness Stud. (IF 4.087) Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Desirée Colombo, Jean-Baptiste Pavani, Jordi Quoidbach, Rosa M. Baños, María Folgado-Alufre, Cristina Botella
So far, there is evidence showing that the use of specific emotion regulation strategies in response to negatively-valenced stimuli shapes the way people subsequently remember them. However, still little is known about the potential effects of savouring positive events on the associated memories. The aim of the current study was to test whether upregulating positive emotions in response to daily positive
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Thriving in Openness, Care, and Compassion: How Virtue and Compassion for Self and Others Relate to Flourishing J. Happiness Stud. (IF 4.087) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Paul Verhaeghen
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Life Satisfaction and the Roles of Work, Family, and Social Factors in a Social Production Function Framework J. Happiness Stud. (IF 4.087) Pub Date : 2024-02-04 James Chowhan, Hossein Samavatyan, Farimah HakemZadeh
Life satisfaction, through the cultivation of happiness and the avoidance of misery, is one of the ultimate outcomes of interest for the public generally. This study uses Social Production Function (SPF) theory to investigate the factors (e.g. endowments, conditions, experiences, and characteristics) impacting life satisfaction. A key contribution of this study is that a comprehensive model is developed
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Benefiting Individuals High in Both Self-Criticism and Dependency Through an Online Multi-component Positive Psychology Intervention: Effects and Mechanisms J. Happiness Stud. (IF 4.087) Pub Date : 2024-02-03 Yanhe Deng, Jingru Zhang, Henry Chen, Sisi Tian, Yifei Zhang, Xiong Hu
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Contentment and Self-acceptance: Wellbeing Beyond Happiness J. Happiness Stud. (IF 4.087) Pub Date : 2024-02-02 Daniel T. Cordaro, Yang Bai, Christina M. Bradley, Franklyn Zhu, Rachel Han, Dacher Keltner, Arasteh Gatchpazian, Yitong Zhao
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One (Financial Well-Being) Model Fits All? Testing the Multidimensional Subjective Financial Well-Being Scale Across Nine Countries J. Happiness Stud. (IF 4.087) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Angela Sorgente, Bünyamin Atay, Marc Aubrey, Shikha Bhatia, Carla Crespo, Gabriela Fonseca, Oya Yerin Güneri, Žan Lep, David Lessard, Oana Negru-Subtirica, Alda Portugal, Mette Ranta, Ana Paula Relvas, Nidhi Singh, Ulrike Sirsch, Maja Zupančič, Margherita Lanz
A multidimensional model of emerging adults’ subjective financial well-being was proposed (Sorgente and Lanz, Int Journal of Behavioral Development, 43(5), 466–478 2019). The authors also developed a 5-factor scale (the Multidimensional Subjective Financial Well-being Scale, MSFWBS) intending to measure this construct in the European context. To date, data using this instrument have been collected
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The Long and Short-Form Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale: A Reliability Generalization Meta-Analysis J. Happiness Stud. (IF 4.087) Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Diane Elizabeth Mack, Kevin Than Vo, Philip M. Wilson
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Longitudinal Effect of Gratitude on Prosocial Behavior among Young Adults: Evidence from the Bi-factor Model of Gratitude J. Happiness Stud. (IF 4.087) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Ningzhe Zhu, Chengcheng Li, Ying Ye, Linting Zhang, Feng Kong
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Artificial Intelligence Perceptions and Life Satisfaction J. Happiness Stud. (IF 4.087) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Tim Hinks
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Well-Being Contextualism and Capabilities J. Happiness Stud. (IF 4.087) Pub Date : 2024-01-23
Abstract Typically, philosophers analysing well-being’s nature maintain three claims. First, that well-being has essential properties. Second, that the concept of well-being circumscribes those properties. Third, that well-being theories should capture them exhaustively and exclusively. This predominant position is called well-being monism. In opposition, contextualists argue that no overarching concept
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Feeling Important, Feeling Well. The Association Between Mattering and Well-being: A Meta-analysis Study J. Happiness Stud. (IF 4.087) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Monica Paradisi, Camilla Matera, Amanda Nerini
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Norwegian Outdoor Happiness: Residential Outdoor Spaces and Active Leisure Time Contributions to Subjective Well-being at the National Population Level at the Start of and During the COVID-19 Pandemic J. Happiness Stud. (IF 4.087) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Raul Grau-Ruiz, Helga Synnevåg Løvoll, Gunvor Marie Dyrdal
Accumulating research shows that residential nature reliably promotes residents’ subjective well-being (SWB) in complex ways. The present study investigates how self-reported proximity to different outdoor spaces relate to SWB in Norway. The effects of having proximity to recreation and hiking areas and the frequency of moderate-to-vigorous intensity leisure-time physical activity (MVLTPA) were estimated
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In My Grasp or out of My Hands? Belief About Where Life Satisfaction Comes from Predicts Motivation to Seek it J. Happiness Stud. (IF 4.087) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Erin Shanahan, Jean Paul Lefebvre, Preet K. Chauhan, Anne E. Wilson
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The Situational Meaning in Life Evaluation (SMILE): Development and Validation Studies J. Happiness Stud. (IF 4.087) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Michela Zambelli, Semira Tagliabue
The present multi-study work presents a new self-report measure of meaning in life in the context of situational life experiences. Study 1 presents the development of the Situational Meaning in Life Evaluation (SMILE), a six-item measure that integrates the three content-dimensions (comprehension, significance and purpose) and the two process-dimensions (presence and search) of meaning in life. The
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Personal Growth and Life Satisfaction among Arab Mothers After Fertility Treatment – The Role of Stress and Optimism J. Happiness Stud. (IF 4.087) Pub Date : 2024-01-22 Salam Abu Sharkia, Orit Taubman – Ben-Ari
Procreation has always been one of the main goals of marriage in Muslim society, where it is a religious obligation. Therefore, the inability to conceive is an extremely stressful experience that is liable to have long-term implications for a woman’s mental health. These effects may persist even after the problem is resolved and the woman has given birth. The current study therefore examined the personal
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Responsiveness, Social Connection, Hope, and Life Satisfaction in Everyday Social Interaction: An Experience Sampling Study J. Happiness Stud. (IF 4.087) Pub Date : 2024-01-22
Abstract What are the specific everyday communication experiences—from across people’s social networks—that contribute to well-being? In the present work, we focus on the effects of perceived partner responsiveness in social interactions on various well-being outcomes. We hypothesized that everyday moments of responsiveness indirectly support two key estimates of well-being (hope and life satisfaction)
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Economic Crises, Subjective Well-Being, and Vote Switching: The Case of Brazil’s 2018 Presidential Election J. Happiness Stud. (IF 4.087) Pub Date : 2023-12-12 Martijn J. Burger, Martijn Hendriks, Elena I. Ianchovichina
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I Join, So I Enjoy: How Customer Participation Increases Wellbeing J. Happiness Stud. (IF 4.087) Pub Date : 2023-12-07 Xingyang Lv, Rongbin Tang, Jia Luo, Min Zhang, Qiuyun Li
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Geographic Reference Income and the Subjective Wellbeing of Australians J. Happiness Stud. (IF 4.087) Pub Date : 2023-12-06 Christopher Phelps, Mark N. Harris, Steven Rowley, Rachel Ong ViforJ, Gavin A. Wood
In this paper panel data is used to estimate the relationship between geographic reference income and subjective wellbeing in Australia. Recent cross-sectional US-based studies suggest that the income of other people in a neighbourhood—geographic reference income—impacts on individual wellbeing but is mediated by geographic scale. On controlling for a household’s own income, subjective wellbeing is
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The Role of ‘Positivity’ and Big Five Traits during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Italian National Representative Survey J. Happiness Stud. (IF 4.087) Pub Date : 2023-11-25 Antonio Zuffianò, Gianvittorio Caprara, Manuel Zamparini, Gemma Calamandrei, Valentina Candini, Matteo Malvezzi, Martha Scherzer, Fabrizio Starace, Cristina Zarbo, Giovanni de Girolamo
Background COVID-19 pandemic has seen a rise in psychological problems. However, little is known about the role of positivity and personality traits in facing the pandemic. Therefore, we aimed at investigating whether higher positivity was associated with a better emotional, behavioural and cognitive response to COVID-19, taking into account the role of the big five traits. Methods We performed a cross-sectional
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Monetizing Utility Reductions Associated with Bullying J. Happiness Stud. (IF 4.087) Pub Date : 2023-11-18 Tinna Laufey Ásgeirsdóttir, Gísli Gylfason, Arna Hauksdóttir, Edda Bjork Thordardottir, Unnur Anna Valdimarsdóttir
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Promoting Well-Being in a Clinical Sample of Young Adults with Paranoid Tendencies: A Randomised Clinical Trial J. Happiness Stud. (IF 4.087) Pub Date : 2023-11-16 Carmen Valiente, Regina Espinosa, Alba Contreras, Almudena Trucharte, Vanesa Peinado, Belen Lozano, Juan Nieto, Elena Cerezo
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Centenary Personality: Are There Psychological Resources that Distinguish Centenarians? J. Happiness Stud. (IF 4.087) Pub Date : 2023-11-08 Mª Dolores Merino, Marta Sánchez-Ortega, Elvira Elvira-Flores, Inmaculada Mateo-Rodríguez
The number of centenarians is increasing year by year. Considering that happier people are likely to live longer, we asked ourselves whether healthy centenarians share psychological resources or positive personality characteristics that have enabled them to face traumatic situations and the challenges life more successfully. To our knowledge this is an issue that has not been sufficiently researched
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Measuring Financial Well-Being: A Systematic Review of Psychometric Instruments J. Happiness Stud. (IF 4.087) Pub Date : 2023-10-30 Nicolas de Oliveira Cardoso, Juliana Markus, Wagner de Lara Machado, Alexandre Anselmo Guilherme
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Apply Your Strengths to Enjoy Flow at Work: A Diary Study on the Relationship Between Strengths Use and Innovative Behavior J. Happiness Stud. (IF 4.087) Pub Date : 2023-10-19 Tao Liu, Shaokai Lu, Jianhong Ma, Yanhui Mao
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Don’t be Lazy! Effort as a Pivotal Element for Present and Future Well-being J. Happiness Stud. (IF 4.087) Pub Date : 2023-10-15 Arie Sherman, Tal Shavit
The link between effort and individual well-being has been the subject of contentious debate. Economic and some psychological models analyze effort as a cost or a disutility, while other philosophical and psychological theories argue that personal effort is a pivotal element for a flourishing life. These theories also distinguish between higher and lower pleasures. To assess the contested contribution
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Neera Badhwar’s Neo-Aristotelian Well-Being: A Stoic Response J. Happiness Stud. (IF 4.087) Pub Date : 2023-10-06 Matthew Carter Cashen
In her 2014 monograph, philosopher Neera Badhwar develops a neo-Aristotelian account of well-being according to which well-being consists in happiness in an objectively worthwhile life. An objectively worthwhile life is a life that is virtuous, but virtue is not enough for well-being: a person also must find pleasure and purpose in what the ancients called “external goods,” that is, goods “external
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The Role of the Quiet Ego in Promoting Benefits from Social Participation: A Win-win Game for Sustained Social Participation J. Happiness Stud. (IF 4.087) Pub Date : 2023-10-06 María L. Vecina, Ilaria Buonomo, Paula Benevene
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Relationship Status and Psychological Well-being: Initial Evidence for the Moderating Effects of Commitment Readiness J. Happiness Stud. (IF 4.087) Pub Date : 2023-10-06 Kenneth Tan, Daniel Ho, Christopher R. Agnew
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Developmental, Genderial and Cross-Cultural Aspects of Meaning J. Happiness Stud. (IF 4.087) Pub Date : 2023-10-04 Pninit Russo-Netzer, Ryan M. Niemiec, Ricardo Tarrasch
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Promoting Sustainable Well-Being Through Nature-Based Interventions for Young People in Precarious Situations: Implications for Social work. A Systematic Review J. Happiness Stud. (IF 4.087) Pub Date : 2023-10-02 James Kutu Obeng, Katja Kangas, Ingo Stamm, Anne Tolvanen
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The Quiet Ego and Human Flourishing J. Happiness Stud. (IF 4.087) Pub Date : 2023-09-29 Jack J. Bauer, Kiersten J. Weatherbie
The quiet ego interprets the self and others by balancing concerns for their welfare and cultivating their growth (Bauer and Wayment, in: Wayment, Bauer (eds) Transcending self-interest: psychological explorations of the quiet ego, American Psychological Association Books, Washington, DC, 2008). A growing body of research shows that the Quiet Ego Scale (QES; Wayment et al. in J Happiness Stud 16:999–1033
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Momentary PERMA: An Adapted Measurement Tool for Studying Well-Being in Daily Life J. Happiness Stud. (IF 4.087) Pub Date : 2023-09-22 Saeideh Heshmati, Nermin Kibrislioglu Uysal, Sharon H. Kim, Zita Oravecz, Stewart I. Donaldson
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Subjective Well-Being and Populist Voting in the Netherlands J. Happiness Stud. (IF 4.087) Pub Date : 2023-09-16 Martijn J. Burger, Susanna Eiselt
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Is Good Character All that Counts? A Comparison Between the Predictive Role of Specific Strengths and a General Factor of “Good Character” Using a Bifactor Model J. Happiness Stud. (IF 4.087) Pub Date : 2023-09-09 Tommaso Feraco, Nicole Casali, Chiara Meneghetti, Samuel Greiff, Giorgia Cona
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Coproducing Wellbeing Policy: A Theory of Thriving in Financial Hardship J. Happiness Stud. (IF 4.087) Pub Date : 2023-09-09 Mark Fabian, Anna Alexandrova, Yamini Cinamon Nair
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Seeking Pleasure is Good, but Avoiding Pain is Bad: Distinguishing Hedonic Approach from Hedonic Avoidance Orientations J. Happiness Stud. (IF 4.087) Pub Date : 2023-09-09 Hezhi Chen, Zhijia Zeng
Pursuing hedonia and eudaimonia are two fundamental approaches to achieving happiness. While eudaimonic orientation consistently relates to improved well-being, the relationship between hedonic orientation and well-being remains controversial. Based on theories (e.g., Regulatory Focus Theory), emphasizing the differences between approach and avoidance motivations, this research proposes two different
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Wage Structures, Fairness Perceptions, and Job Satisfaction: Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data J. Happiness Stud. (IF 4.087) Pub Date : 2023-08-29 Jens Mohrenweiser, Christian Pfeifer
The paper investigates the impact of firms’ wage structures and workers’ wage fairness perceptions on workers’ well-being. For this purpose, worker and establishment surveys are linked with administrative social security data. Four variables are generated, using approximately half a million worker-year observations, that describe firms’ wage structures and workers’ positions within the wage structures:
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Financial Wellbeing and International Migration Intentions: Evidence from Global Surveys J. Happiness Stud. (IF 4.087) Pub Date : 2023-08-21 Amany A. El Anshasy, Mrittika Shamsuddin, Marina-Selini Katsaiti
This paper investigates the role of subjective financial wellbeing (FWB) in international migration. A large body of literature established that higher relative income deprivation motivates migration. Most of this literature emphasizes income-based measures of relative deprivation (RD) and neglects to account for subjective perceptions of financial and economic wellbeing. We draw on rich global surveys
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Cultural Variation in Flourishing J. Happiness Stud. (IF 4.087) Pub Date : 2023-07-31 Nona C. Kiknadze, Blaine J. Fowers
Despite differences in how scholars define flourishing, they tend to approach the question of flourishing from a universalist perspective by assuming that it amounts to a single, overarching concept across cultures. We will review the weaknesses in this approach. First, we highlight limitations in current “cross-cultural” research on flourishing, which prioritizes psychometric validity at the expense
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Subjective Happiness in Behavioral Contracts J. Happiness Stud. (IF 4.087) Pub Date : 2023-07-23 Junyi Chai
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Flow and Flourishing During the Pandemic: The Roles of Strengths Use and Playful Design J. Happiness Stud. (IF 4.087) Pub Date : 2023-07-19 Wei Liu, Wen Zhang, Dimitri van der Linden, Arnold B. Bakker
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Life Satisfaction During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Human, Economic, Social, and Psychological Capital J. Happiness Stud. (IF 4.087) Pub Date : 2023-07-18 Jan Delhey, Stephanie Hess, Klaus Boehnke, Franziska Deutsch, Jan Eichhorn, Ulrich Kühnen, Christian Welzel
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What’s Your Humor Profile? A Latent Profile Analysis on the State-Trait Model of Cheerfulness as the Temperamental Basis of Humor J. Happiness Stud. (IF 4.087) Pub Date : 2023-07-01 Chloe Lau, Catherine Li, Taylor Swindall, Francesca Chiesi, Willibald Ruch, Francesco Bruno, Donald H. Saklofske, Lena C. Quilty
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Within-Person Associations Between Subjective Well-Being and Big Five Personality Traits J. Happiness Stud. (IF 4.087) Pub Date : 2023-06-25 Mohsen Joshanloo
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State Contexts, Job Insecurity, and Subjective Well-being in the Time of COVID-19 J. Happiness Stud. (IF 4.087) Pub Date : 2023-06-20 Wen Fan, Yue Qian
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Pleasure or Meaning: Subjective Well-Being Orientations and the Willingness to Help Close Versus Distant Others J. Happiness Stud. (IF 4.087) Pub Date : 2023-06-19 Hagit Sabato, Sapir Bar-Ilan
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The Relationship Between Personality Traits and Well-Being via Brain Functional Connectivity J. Happiness Stud. (IF 4.087) Pub Date : 2023-06-19 Liangfang Li, Liman Man Wai Li, Junji Ma, Anru Lu, Zhengjia Dai