The Subjective Well-Being of the Homeless, and Lessons for Happiness

By R. Biswas-Diener, E. Diener. 2006

234 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: General Health Professions, Health, Social Psychology

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In General Health Professions

1. Louis Tay
2. U. Schimmack
3. E. Diener
4. Sarah Coulthard
5. R. Inglehart
6. S. Oishi
7. Joar Vittersø
8. R. Biswas-Diener

In Health

1. E. Diener
2. S. Oishi
3. Louis Tay
4. Sarah Coulthard
5. R. Inglehart
6. Joar Vittersø
7. R. Biswas-Diener
8. U. Schimmack

In Social Psychology

1. E. Diener
2. S. Oishi
3. Louis Tay
4. R. Biswas-Diener
5. U. Schimmack
6. R. Inglehart
7. Joar Vittersø
8. Naoki Nakazato

Citations in the corpus

• Effect of Changes in Living Conditions on Well-Being: A Prospective Top–Down Bottom–Up Model (2011, background): “The relatively low importance of housing can also explain the finding that homeless people in Calcutta reported low satisfaction with housing and other material aspects of their lives (e.g., material resources, income) and relatively high life-satisfaction ( Biswas-Diener and Diener 2006 ).”
• Most People are Pretty Happy, but There is Cultural Variation: The Inughuit, The Amish, and The Maasai (2005, background): “For example, we found that homeless people in California are on average dissatisfied with their lives ( Biswas-Diener & Diener, 2003, 2006 ).”
• Well-being, Happiness and Why Relationships Matter: Evidence from Bangladesh (2009, result): “This is consistent with other studies internationally, which suggest that relationships are highly correlated with subjective wellbeing, especially in conditions of poverty and insecurity (Myers 1999; Diener and Seligman 2002; Biswas-Diener and Diener, 2006 ).”
• Poverty, sustainability and human wellbeing: A social wellbeing approach to the global fisheries crisis (2011, background): “…countries confirms that when you ask people ‘‘what do you need to live well in this community?’’ or ‘‘what is important for your quality of life?’’ they come up with a fairly comprehensive and thoughtful set of responses (Biswas-Diener and Diener, 2006; McGregor et al., 2009; Copestake, 2009).”
• Theory and Validity of Life Satisfaction Scales (2013, background): “For instance, mental inpatients (Frisch et al. 1992), prisoners (Joy 1990), clients entering psychotherapy (Pavot and Diener 1993b), the homeless (Biswas-Diener and Diener 2006), those suffering PTSD after brain injury (Bryant et al. 2001), and street prostitutes (Baker et al. 2004) score extremely…”