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Beyond Income: Exploring the Role of Household Wealth for Subjective Well-Being in Germany J. Happiness Stud. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-09-23 Antje Jantsch, Julia Le Blanc, Tobias Schmidt
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The Joint Enjoyment of Life. Explaining High Happiness in Latin America J. Happiness Stud. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-09-20 Mariano Rojas
A well-known finding in the happiness literature is that Latin Americans report, on average, high happiness. It is not only high, but higher than expected for their socioeconomic situation, as portrayed by commonly used indicators. High happiness in Latin America is a puzzle, and some scholars consider it a paradox, which calls for new and fresh research to understand high happiness in the region.
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The Unhappy Beliefs of Happiness: Investigating the Mechanisms Underlying the Links Between Negative Hedonic Beliefs and Diminished Well-Being J. Happiness Stud. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-09-18 Yuri Kwon, Jongan Choi, Incheol Choi
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Impact of Indirect Gratitude Experience on Life Satisfaction and Perceived Social Support J. Happiness Stud. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-09-18 Mi-Hyeon Kim, Myoung-ho Hyun, Min Jin Jin
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How Curiosity Enhances Performance: Mechanisms of Physiological Engagement, Challenge and Threat Appraisal, and Novelty Deprivation J. Happiness Stud. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-09-17 Lukasz D. Kaczmarek, Todd B. Kashdan, Jolanta Enko
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Imprecision in the Estimation of Willingness to Pay Using Subjective Well-Being Data J. Happiness Stud. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-09-10 Lukas Leitner
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Inequalities and Social Capital as Factors of Subjective Well-Being: Case Study from Western Province, Zambia J. Happiness Stud. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-09-02 Martin Schlossarek, Jaromír Harmáček, Aneta Seidlová, Lenka Suchá
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The Role of Resilience in Fostering Late Adolescents’ Meaning-Making Process: A Latent Profile Analysis J. Happiness Stud. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-31 Michela Zambelli, Adriano Mauro Ellena, Semira Tagliabue, Maura Pozzi, Elena Marta
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Moderating Effects of Housing Tenure Change on the Longitudinal Relationship Between Housing Relocation and Life Satisfaction J. Happiness Stud. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-29 Gum-Ryeong Park, Bo Kyong Seo, Jinho Kim
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Character Strength-Based Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Focusing on Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Patients with Distress: A Randomized Control Trial of Positive Psychology J. Happiness Stud. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-22 Yi Zhou, Yinglong Duan, Jian Zhou, Ning Qin, Xiangyu Liu, Yue Kang, Ziyu Wan, Xing Zhou, Yuxuan Li, Juan Luo, Jianfei Xie, Andy SK Cheng
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Unraveling the Most Important Predictors of Eudaimonic and Hedonic Well-Being in Korean Adults: A Machine Learning Approach J. Happiness Stud. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-22 Mina Jyung, Sung-Ha Lee, Incheol Choi
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Regaining Mental Well-Being in the Aftermath of the Covid-19 Pandemic with a Digital Multicomponent Positive Psychology Intervention: A Randomized Controlled Trial J. Happiness Stud. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-22 Kim J. M. Tönis, Jannis T. Kraiss, Constance H. C. Drossaert, Joyce Karreman, Miriam S. D. Oostinga, Noortje Kloos, Judith Austin, Ernst T. Bohlmeijer
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Are Psychologically Rich Lives Good Lives? J. Happiness Stud. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-22 Scott M. James
Recent experimental findings suggest that a life full of interesting, challenging, and emotionally heightened experiences—what psychologists now refer to as psychologically rich experiences—is valued, not for the happiness it produces (if any) or the sense of meaning it might bestow on our lives, but for its own sake. A psychologically rich life is, as Besser, L., & Oishi, S. (2020). The psychologically
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Subjective Well-Being of Chief Executive Officers and Its Impact on Stock Market Volatility During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Poland: Agent-Based Model Perspective J. Happiness Stud. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-22 Marcin Rzeszutek, Jorgen Vitting Andersen, Adam Szyszka, Szymon Talaga
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Social Comparisons Under Pandemic Stress: Income Reference Groups, Comparison Patterns, and the Subjective Well-Being of German Students J. Happiness Stud. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-20 Antje Jantsch, Gertrud Buchenrieder, Thomas Dufhues, Judith Möllers
People use social comparisons to reduce uncertainty when facing new or stressful situations. This study explores how a stressful experience, the COVID-19 pandemic, changed how people compare their income. It relates these changes to subjective well-being (SWB). We use a repeated cross-sectional dataset of students at two German universities from before and during the pandemic. A novel survey instrument
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A Cross-Cultural Evaluation of Diener’s Tripartite Model of Subjective Well-Being Across 16 Countries J. Happiness Stud. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-12 Veljko Jovanović, Maksim Rudnev, Christ Billy Aryanto, Beatrice Adriana Balgiu, Corrado Caudek, Jesus Alfonso D. Datu, Tharina Guse, Theodoros Kyriazos, Louise Lambert, Krishna Kumar Mishra, Rogelio Puente-Díaz, Sean P. M. Rice, Kamlesh Singh, Katsunori Sumi, Kwok Kit Tong, Saad Yaaqeib, Murat Yıldırım, Gaja Zager Kocjan, Magdalena Żemojtel-Piotrowska
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Enhancing Relationship Quality through Behavioral-Based Appreciation of Romantic Partner’s Character Strengths J. Happiness Stud. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-09 Hadassah Littman-Ovadia, Ma’ayan Klein
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Personal Growth Initiative: Relation to Coping Styles, Strategies, and Self-Efficacy J. Happiness Stud. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-09 Ingrid K. Weigold, Arne Weigold, Stephanie A. Dykema, Naomi M. Drakeford, Emily T. Ethridge
Personal growth initiative (PGI) refers to active and intentional participation in the growth process. PGI includes behavioral and cognitive skills and attitudes that are captured by four factors: Readiness for Change, Planfulness, Using Resources, and Intentional Behavior. There is substantial evidence supporting the positive relations between PGI and various domains of well-being. However, a lack
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Predictive Power of Positive Mental Health: A Scoping Review J. Happiness Stud. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-09 Jürgen Margraf, Tobias Teismann, Julia Brailovskaia
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The Impact of Answer Scale Orientation on the Measurement of Life Satisfaction J. Happiness Stud. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-09 Fabienne Wöhner, Axel Franzen
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The Association of Acculturation and Well-Being: Second-Generation Immigrants in Switzerland J. Happiness Stud. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-08 Beate Schwarz, Pirmin Pfammatter
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The Role of Cultural Heterogeneity in Strengthening the Link Between Family Relationships and Life Satisfaction in 50 Societies J. Happiness Stud. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-07 Liman Man Wai Li, Vivian Miu-Chi Lun, Michael Harris Bond, June Chun Yeung, Eric Raymond Igou, Brian W. Haas, Stanislava Stoyanova, Fridanna Maricchiolo, John M. Zelenski, Christin-Melanie Vauclair, Yukiko Uchida, Iva Poláčková Šolcová, David Sirlopú, Joonha Park, Aleksandra Kosiarczyk, Agata Kocimska-Zych, Colin A. Capaldi, Mladen Adamovic, Charity S. Akotia, Isabelle Albert, Lily Appoh, Douglas Arevalo
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The Division of Labour Within the Household and Life Satisfaction J. Happiness Stud. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-05 Anna Gudrun Ragnarsdottir, Paul McNamee, Edward C. Norton, Thorhildur Olafsdottir, Tinna Laufey Asgeirsdottir
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Predicting Intraindividual Change in Satisfaction with Life During COVID-19: A Prospective Study of Swiss Older Adults with Differing Levels of Childhood Adversity J. Happiness Stud. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-07-25 Myriam V. Thoma, Florence Bernays, Joffrey Fuhrer, Jan Höltge, Aileen N. Salas Castillo, Shauna L. Rohner
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The Paradox of Job Retention Schemes: A Latent Growth Curve Modeling Approach to Immediate and Prolonged Effects of Short-Time Work on Job Insecurity and Employee Well-Being J. Happiness Stud. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-07-18 Katharina Klug, Claudia Bernhard-Oettel, Magnus Sverke
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Gender and Well-Being Disparities Among People who Work from Home in Chile J. Happiness Stud. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-07-16 Rodrigo Montero, Natalia Bernal
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The Determinants of Countercyclical Job Satisfaction in the Public Sector J. Happiness Stud. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-07-12 Oded Ravid
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A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Effectiveness of Dietary Interventions to Enhance Mental Wellbeing in Emerging Adulthood J. Happiness Stud. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-07-05 Ann DeSmet, Catherine Culot, Devintha Virani, S. Pabian, Eva Ariño Mateo, Kathleen Van Royen, Anke Oenema, Margaux Liebmann
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Exploring Close Relationships and Executive Functions as Unique and Joint Predictors of Adolescent Subjective Well-Being Across the Transition to High School J. Happiness Stud. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-07-03 Fatima Wasif, Tara McAuley
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Capturing Flow Experiences in Everyday Life: A Comparison of Recall and Momentary Measurement J. Happiness Stud. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-07-03 Karen Bartholomeyczik, Michael T. Knierim, Christof Weinhardt, Gabriele Oettingen, Ulrich Ebner-Priemer
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When Humble is Humbled: The Moderating Role of Leader Underestimation in the Dual Relationship Between Employee Humility and Well-Being J. Happiness Stud. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-07-04 Jie Zhong, Qiuxiang Wen, Chao Ma, Ying Zhang, Li Zhang
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Purpose in Life and Associated Cognitive and Affective Mechanisms J. Happiness Stud. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-06-24 Louis Fang, Alfred Allan, Joanne M. Dickson
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Predictors of Subjective Health Among Spouses and Its Relations With Happiness: A Multilevel Analysis in a Nationwide Survey in Turkey J. Happiness Stud. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-06-21 Furkan Tosyali, Ezgi Coban-Tosyali, Mehmet Harma
The current study aims to examine predictors of subjective health, including its relation with happiness, at the individual and family levels. For this purpose, we analyzed data collected from spouses representing each family (9,634 families, N = 19,268). A multilevel analysis was conducted to examine both individual- and family-level variables associated with subjective health evaluations. Individual-level
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Optimism, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Posttraumatic Growth Among Adolescents: A Longitudinal Analysis of the Mediating Effects of Adversity Belief and Affect J. Happiness Stud. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-06-21 Yifan Li, Yingying Ye, Xiao Zhou
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Fear-setting: A Brief Writing Intervention Increases Motivation to Reach Personal Goals and Positive Affect J. Happiness Stud. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-06-21 Aljoscha Dreisoerner, Johannes Bodo Heekerens, Verena Karle, Janine Mendes Pawelkiewicz
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Running on the Hedonic Treadmill: A Dynamical Model of Happiness Based on an Approach–Avoidance Framework J. Happiness Stud. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-06-11 Jean-Denis Mathias, Nicolas Pellerin, Gustavo Carrero, Eric Raufaste, Michael Dambrun
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Beyond Dispositional Optimism and Pessimism: Does the Tripartite Model of Meaning in Life Matter in Predicting Future Well-Being in Adults? J. Happiness Stud. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-06-11 Edward C. Chang
The present study sought to determine if dispositional optimism/pessimism and facets of the tripartite model of meaning in life (viz., comprehension, purpose, & mattering) represent important and additive prospective predictors of subsequent well-being (assessed 3 months later) in 166 adults. Results from hierarchical regression analyses indicated that the presence of optimism, but not the absence
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The Relationship Between Trust and Well-Being: A Meta-Analysis J. Happiness Stud. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-06-01 Minxiang Zhao, Yixuan Li, Junqi Lin, Yuan Fang, Yuchuan Yang, Boyang Li, Yan Dong
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Self-compassion Predicts Higher Affective Well-being and Lower Stress Symptoms Through Less Dysfunctional Coping: A Three-wave Longitudinal Study During the COVID-19 Pandemic J. Happiness Stud. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-05-30 Eva Asselmann, Antonia Bendau, Cosma Hoffmann, Christina Ewert
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Coaching Based on Signature Strengths or Lesser Strengths? The Effects of Two Strengths Spotting Interventions on Managerial Coaching Behavior J. Happiness Stud. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-05-19 Valesca Y. Tobias, Marianne van Woerkom, Maria Christina Meyers, Robin Bauwens
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Spatial Heterogeneity and Subjective Wellbeing: Exploring the Role of Social Capital in Metropolitan Areas Using Multilevel Modelling J. Happiness Stud. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-05-18 Phil Lignier, Diane Jarvis, Daniel Grainger, Taha Chaiechi
The role of social capital, the social networks that influence human wellbeing has been explored by empirical research in the US and Europe, however no study so far has undertaken a systematic investigation of the impact of the various dimensions of social capital in metropolitan areas. Addressing this gap in knowledge can have practical and policy-oriented implications by contributing to more informed
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Perceived Calling Enablement: Achieving Positive Work Outcomes Through Unanswered Calling J. Happiness Stud. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-05-18 Ju Young Lee, Viva Nsair, Boram Do
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Multidimensional Flourishing in Africa: An Intracontinental Analysis of 38 Well-Being Indicators in 40 Countries J. Happiness Stud. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-05-16 Victor Counted, Richard G. Cowden, Timothy Lomas
Despite the rising global interest in well-being and its various dimensions, research in this area has been criticized for its Western-centric conceptual and geographical emphasis. In this cross-sectional study, we leverage more than 30 indicators of well-being from three years of Gallup World Poll (2020–2022) data to explore the diversity of well-being in nationally representative samples from 40
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Integrating the Philosophy and Psychology of Well-Being: An Opinionated Overview J. Happiness Stud. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-05-14 James L. D. Brown, Sophie Potter
This paper examines the integration and unification of the philosophy and psychology of well-being. For the most part, these disciplines investigate well-being without reference to each other. In recent years, however, with the maturing of each discipline, there have been a growing number of calls to integrate the two. While such calls are welcome, what it means to integrate well-being philosophy and
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Can Students Learn to Optimize Their Need-Based Experiences and Mental Health During a Stressful Period? Testing a Need-Crafting Intervention in Higher Education J. Happiness Stud. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-05-10 Daphne van den Bogaard, Bart Soenens, Katrijn Brenning, Nele Flamant, Maarten Vansteenkiste
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Adolescent Residential Mobility and Life Satisfaction in Emerging Adulthood J. Happiness Stud. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-05-06 Juul H. D. Henkens, Matthijs Kalmijn, Helga A. G. de Valk
Moving in adolescence could be a stressful experience, potentially disturbing development into adulthood. This study investigated the relationship between residential mobility in adolescence and life satisfaction in young adulthood, focusing on moving timing, frequency, and distance, using (retrospective) longitudinal German survey data (N = 2998, mean age = 20.18, 45.8% boy, 6.8% first-generation
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Childhood Socioeconomic Status Shapes Beliefs About Hedonic Versus Eudaimonic Happiness: A Life History Approach J. Happiness Stud. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-05-06 Jinseok P. Kim, Eunkook M. Suh
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Using Self-Directed Humor to Regulate Emotion: Effects Comparison of Self-Enhancing Humor and Self-Defeating Humor J. Happiness Stud. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-05-06 Hongyu Fu, Yanfeng Lin, Yifan Shao, Zhonglu Zhang
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The Soundtrack of a Crisis: More Positive Music Preferences During Economic and Social Adversity J. Happiness Stud. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Marco Palomeque, Juan de-Lucio
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Discovering Psychological Well-Being: A Bibliometric Review J. Happiness Stud. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Busra Yiğit, Bünyamin Yasin Çakmak
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Profile Membership of Self-Worth Contingencies Predicts Well-being, Virtues, and Values J. Happiness Stud. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Elizabeth M. Bounds, Juliette L. Ratchford, Sarah A. Schnitker
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A Meta-Analysis of Life Satisfaction’s Association with Cognitive Reappraisal and Expressive Suppression: The Influences of Age, Gender, and Cultural Values J. Happiness Stud. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Wenfeng Wu, Hongxiang Wu, Xiaoqing Wu, Jiao Gu, Xin Qi
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Positive Psychology Interventions Reduce Anti-Rich Mentality: An Exploration of the Contribution of Appreciative Joy J. Happiness Stud. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-30 Rong Wang, Ying Li, Yuan Zheng, Yang Zhang, Tian P. S. Oei, Xianglong Zeng
Studies in psychology and sociology have documented that anti-rich mentality is a threat to the stability of society and harms personal mental health, but few studies have investigated ways to intervene in anti-rich mentality. In the current work, we took an initial step to explore whether anti-rich mentality can be reduced by appreciative joy, a positive psychological concept that refers to feeling
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Does Inequality Shape Human Character? Cross-Cultural Associations between Character Strengths and the Gini Index in 68 Countries J. Happiness Stud. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-30 Nicole Casali, Silvia Filippi, Tommaso Feraco
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Prosocial Behavior as an Antidote to Social Disconnection: The Effects of an Acts of Kindness Intervention on Daily Social Contact and Loneliness J. Happiness Stud. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-30 Yeeun Archer Lee, Yingchi Guo, Gu Li, Frances S. Chen
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The “Realizing Growth Potential” Emotion Regulation Strategy: How Realizing the Potential for Psychological Growth from Negative Events can Mitigate Emotional Negativity Associated with the Events J. Happiness Stud. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-29 Rajagopal Raghunathan, Anoosha Izadi
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Children’s Expressions of Gratitude for General and Specific Categories Amid a Pandemic J. Happiness Stud. (IF 3.1) 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 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Fabiane Friedrich Schutz, Diana Miconi, Lívia Maria Bedin, Mónica Ruiz-Casares
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The Prevalence of Positive Affect over Negative Affect in Adolescents’ Well-being: Moderating Role of Individualism J. Happiness Stud. (IF 3.1) 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 3.1) 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