The psychology of subjective well-being
By R. Biswas-Diener, E. Diener, Maya Tamir. Daedalus, 2004
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Dædalus Spring 2004 In the last few decades there has been something of a revolution in the scienti1⁄2c study of happiness.1 A combination of radical new thinking and sophisticated methodology has allowed psychologists to add substantially to our understanding of this concept that has historically been the domain of philosophers and theologians. For the 1⁄2rst time, we are able to measure happiness. And we have learned much about the biological and social factors that contribute to happiness. Perhaps just as important, we have debunked many myths about it– such as that young people are happy and the elderly are sad, or that money is the secret to it. Above all, we have begun to learn the lesson that happiness is more than an emotional pleasantry–that it is a psychological tonic that promotes well-being in many domains of life. The importance of using the scienti1⁄2c method in the study of happiness can be illustrated by referring to the work of Bertrand Russell, one of the greatest minds of the twentieth century. Russell, in his analysis of subjective well-being in The Conquest of Happiness, maintained that the majority of people are unhappy, in part because they compare themselves to others who appear superior to them. However, contemporary researchers have discovered that most people, at least in modern Western nations, consider themselves to be happy. FurtherRobert Biswas-Diener, Ed Diener
Subfields: Social Psychology
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- Paradoxes of happiness (2008, background): “To be sure, fixed-point and fixed-range approaches to happiness are themselves contested, and it seems that at least some major life events, for example marriage, divorce, and unemployment, do modify our happiness range ( Biswas-Diener et al. 2004; Easterlin 2004).”
- Working time reduction policy in a sustainable economy: criteria and options for its design. (2014, background): “(Biswas-Diener et al., 2004; Lu et al., 2001).”
- The Silver Lining of Materialism: The Impact of Luxury Consumption on Subjective Well-Being (2012, background): “…with life in general or with specific life domains and of an affective aspect measured as the frequency of one’s pleasant and unpleasant emotional experiences (Andrews and Withey 1976; Biswas-Diener et al. 2004; Cummins 2000; Diener et al. 1985; Watson et al. 1988; Zhong and Mitchell 2010).”