Subjective well-being. The science of happiness and a proposal for a national index.

By E. Diener. American Psychologist, 2000

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Subfields: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology, Social Psychology

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The relationship between perfectionism and multidimensional life satisfaction among Croatian and American youth (2005, positive): “Goal striving is one such circumstance that is significantly and positively related to life satisfaction reports (Diener, 2000), with these reports varying depending upon how well an individual can adapt to instances when goals cannot be attained (Emmons, 1986).”
Development and validation of a brief form of the Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire. (2002, neutral): “The core affective trait underlying the MPQ PEM factor is well-being, a construct that has been studied extensively in relation to health and adjustment (Diener, 2000; Oishi, 2000; Seligman, 1991).”
Is It Possible to Become Happier? (And If So, How?) (2007, positive): “Indeed, happiness may be the ultimate fundamental ‘goal’ that people pursue in their lives (Diener, 2000), a pursuit enshrined as an inalienable right in the US Declaration of Independence.”
A Cross-Cultural Comparison of the PERMA Model of Well-Being (2015, positive): “For example, Diener (2000) presented several divergent patterns of SWB due to national and cultural differences.”
The Education Effect: Higher Educational Qualifications are Robustly Associated with Beneficial Personal and Socio-political Outcomes (2015, positive): “Happiness concerns an individual’s affective and subjective positivity, and is an important aspect of subjective well-being that has been shown to be sensitive to a range of societal and personal variables (Diener 2000).”
‘Subjective resilience’: using perceptions to quantify household resilience to climate extremes and disasters (2016, neutral): “2009), the assessment of well-being has received considerable attention both from the research and policy communities (Diener 2000; OECD 2013).”
Positive emotions in early life and longevity: findings from the nun study. (2001, positive): “Supporting this line of reasoning, work by Headey (Headey & Wearing, 1992) suggests that individuals maintain levels of positive or negative affect that are determined by their personalities and that after emotional arousal or stress these levels return to individual baselines (Diener, 2000).”
Relating ecoystem services to domains of human well-being: Foundation for a U.S. index (2013, neutral): “…of life research has garnered increasing attention as important value-added “good life” measures for national policy (Cummins, 1996; Hamilton, 1999; Diener, 2000; Hagerty et al., 2001; Cummins et al., 2003; Costanza et al., 2004; Gundelach and Kreiner, 2004; Layard, 2006; DiTella and MacCulloch,…”
The Satisfaction With Life Scale and the emerging construct of life satisfaction (2008, positive): “Techniques such as Experience-Sampling Methodology (Diener, 2000; Scollon, Kim-Prieto, & Diener, 2003) represent assessment methodologies that, from the hedonistic perspective, provide optimal measurement of objective happiness.”
Coping Resources, Perceived Stress, and Life Satisfaction Among Turkish and American University Students (2002, positive): “Satisfaction with life is a significant component of an overall sense of well-being (Diener, 2000), and dissatisfaction with life may be considered a generalized symptom of stress.”
Adventure recreation and subjective well-being: a conceptual framework (2020, positive): “Although it has been nearly two decades since Diener (2000) suggested using SWB as an index of national well-being, aside from the noteworthy exception to Bhutan, it is only recently that SWB approaches has become more globally embraced.”