| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 489 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Series in positive psychology |
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Series in positive psychology.
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| Contents |
Income's association with judgments of life versus feelings / Ed Diener [and others] -- The structure of well-being in two cities: life satisfaction and experienced happiness in Columbus, Ohio; and Rennes, France / Daniel Kahneman [and others] -- Culture and well-being : conceptual and methodological issues / Shigehiro Oishi -- Life satisfaction / Arie Kapteyn, James P. Smith, and Arthur van Soest -- Life (evaluation), HIV/AIDS, and death in Africa / Angus Deaton, Jane Fortson, and Robert Tortora -- Does relative income matter? Are the critics right? / R. Layard, G. Mayraz, and S. Nickell -- Happiness and economic growth: does the cross section predict time trends? Evidence from developing countries / Richard A. Easterlin and Onnicha Sawangfa -- Happiness adaptation to income beyond "basic needs" / Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch -- The Easterlin and other paradoxes: why both sides of the debate may be correct / Carol Graham, Soumya Chattopadhyay, and Mario Picon -- International evidence on the social context of well-being / John F. Helliwell [and others] -- How universal is happiness? / Ruut Veenhoven -- Faith and freedom: traditional and modern ways to happiness / Ronald F. Inglehart -- The impact of time spent working and job fit on well-being around the world / James K. Harter and Raksha Arora -- Work, jobs, and well-being across the millennium / Andrew E. Clark |
| Summary |
Starting from many different vantage points, the book reaches a consensus that many measures of subjective well-being, ranging from life evaluations through emotional states, based on memories and current evaluations, merit broader collection and analysis |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Well-being -- Cross-cultural studies
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Quality of life -- Cross-cultural studies
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Social indicators -- Cross-cultural studies
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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Quality of life
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Social indicators
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Well-being
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Cross-cultural studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Diener, Ed.
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Helliwell, John F.
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Kahneman, Daniel, 1934-
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| ISBN |
9780199741489 |
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0199741484 |
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9786612500985 |
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6612500980 |
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