Eudaimonia and Its Distinction from Hedonia: Developing a Classification and Terminology for Understanding Conceptual and Operational Definitions

By V. Huta, A. Waterman. 2014

1,031 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Applied Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology

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In Applied Psychology

1. A. Pritchard
2. Miles Richardson
3. J. Vowinckel
4. H. E. Nafstad
5. Carter A. Hunt
6. David Sheffield
7. R. Ishii
8. E. Nikolaev

In Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

1. J. Vowinckel
2. H. E. Nafstad
3. Carter A. Hunt
4. David Sheffield
5. Lennart E. Nacke
6. Leonard Reinecke
7. Adrian Meier
8. Kirsten McEwan

In Social Psychology

1. Miles Richardson
2. Holli-Anne Passmore
3. C. Capaldi
4. Adrian Meier
5. A. Pritchard
6. J. Vowinckel
7. H. E. Nafstad
8. Carter A. Hunt

Citations in the corpus

• Computer-Mediated Communication, Social Media, and Mental Health: A Conceptual and Empirical Meta-Review (2020, methodology): “A prominent operationalization of this approach is Diener et al.’s subjective well-being (Diener et al., 2018; Huta & Waterman, 2014), consisting of the two interrelated components affective well-being (high positive and low negative affect) and cognitive well-being (satisfaction with life overall…”
• Everyday Understandings of Happiness, Good Life, and Satisfaction: Three Different Facets of Well-being (2017, result): “Furthermore, we expected satisfaction to be more likely categorized as hedonic rather than eudaimonic, which would be consistent with common practice in psychological literature (Huta and Waterman 2014).”
• Engaging with Natural Beauty May Be Related to Well-Being Because It Connects People to Nature: Evidence from Three Cultures (2017, positive): “Thus, we assess the robustness of EWNB’s association with positive experiences and functioning (Huta & Waterman, 2014) by employing a variety of different well-being indices.”
• The Gamification User Types Hexad Scale (2016, background): “Furthermore, the Hexad model is also informed by the evidence that meaning (purpose) facilitates internalization, increasing the motivation to carry out uninteresting but important activities [11], and leads to increased happiness and life satisfaction [20,37].”
• Measuring eudaimonic travel experiences (2019, methodology): “Items for the four subscales were derived from qualitative accounts of inspiring tourist experiences and theoretical accounts of eudaimonia and hedonia (Huta & Waterman, 2014).”
• The Relationship Between Nature Connectedness and Eudaimonic Well-Being: A Meta-analysis (2019, background): “Secondly, Huta and Waterman (2014) highlight the distinction between well-being measures based on cognitive-affective experiences and those based on ways of functioning.”
• Revisiting the Empirical Distinction Between Hedonic and Eudaimonic Aspects of Well-Being Using Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling (2016, background): “Researchers have presented widely diverse conceptualizations of mental well-being and its components (Huta and Waterman 2014).”