The funds, friends, and faith of happy people.

By D. Myers. American Psychologist, 2000

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Health, Social Psychology

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Do Social Network Sites Enhance or Undermine Subjective Well‐Being? A Critical Review (2017, background): “Therefore, it should come as no surprise that research reveals a robust reciprocal link between subjective well-being and positive social relationships (Myers, 2000).”
Work engagement: An emerging concept in occupational health psychology (2008, neutral): “This prevailing negative bias of psychology is illustrated by the fact that the number of publications on negative states exceeds that on positive states by a ratio of 14:1 (Myers, 2000).”
The association between religiosity, generalized self-efficacy, mental health, and happiness in Arab college students (2017, background): “Myers (2000) found that personality traits, religious faith, marriage, and social support seemed to be the best predictors of happiness.”
What (and Why) is Positive Psychology? (2005, neutral): “Indeed, 9 of 10 Americans report being “very happy” or “pretty happy” (Myers, 2000).”
Beyond Beliefs: Religions Bind Individuals Into Moral Communities (2010, neutral): “The relationship between religiosity and self-reported happiness persists even when controlling for age, sex, race, education, income, and family status (see also Myers, 2000; Seybold & Hill, 2001).”
Positive psychology. An introduction. (2000, neutral): “The second article in this section, by David Lubinski and Camilla Benbow (2000), deals with excellence of a different sort.”
Is Searching for Meaning in Life Associated With Reduced Subjective Well-Being? Confirmation and Possible Moderators (2012, background): “Could an individual who is continually searching for meaning in life be considered as having a ‘set’ level of searching? Myers (2000) discusses the possibility that individuals possess specific levels of happiness that remain stable throughout their lives.”
Personal and Planetary Well-being: Mindfulness Meditation, Pro-environmental Behavior and Personal Quality of Life in a Survey from the Social Justice and Ecological Sustainability Movement (2009, background): “At the same time, taking advantage of spiritual/religious belief and social support systems, of which MM is one manifestation, is consistently related to individual life satisfaction (Ellison 1991; Myers 2000; Barakan and Greenwood 2003; Watts et al. 2006).”
Flow and the Foundations of Positive Psychology (2014, background): “Myers (2000) describes the contributions of social relationships to happiness, and Schwartz (2000, this issue) reflects on the necessity for cultural norms to relieve individuals of the burden of choice.”
The contribution of temperament, popularity, and physical appearance to children’s happiness (2008, background): “Csikszenmihalyi and Hunter 2003; Diener and Fujita 1995; Huebner and Dew 1996 ;L u and Lin 1998; Myers 2000; Pinquart and Sorensen 2001) and the adolescent literature (e.g., Gilman et al. 2000; Grob et al. 1999) that reports that age, gender, and socioeconomic factors account for little of the var”
Positive psychology, positive prevention, and positive therapy. (2002, background): “Like the fish that is unaware of the water in which it swims, we take for granted a certain amount of hope, love, enjoyment, and trust because these are the very conditions that allow us to go on living (Myers, 2000).”
Life satisfaction, ethical reflection, and the science of happiness (2007, background): “40 For reviews of the literature on money and subjective well-being, see Diener and Biswas-Diener (2002), Diener and Seligman (2004), Argyle (1999, 2002), Myers (2000), Csikszentmihalyi (1999), and Frey and Stutzer (2002).”
Hedonic Adaptation to Positive and Negative Experiences (2010, background): “Concerning aspirations, extrinsic experiences do not satisfy basic needs and instead are likely to lead to ever-increasing desires for psychologically unfulfi lling objects (Myers, 2000 ), much like an addiction (Koob & Le Moal, 2001 ).”