WILL MONEY INCREASE SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING? A Literature Review and Guide to Needed Research

By E. Diener, R. Biswas-Diener. 2009

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Subfields: Accounting, General Health Professions, Social Psychology

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Relative Standing and Subjective Well-Being in South Africa: The Role of Perceptions, Expectations and Income Mobility (2011, background): “In the subjective well-being literature, there is also substantial empirical evidence that own income levels positively influence subjective well-being, although the effect recorded is often quite small ( Diener and Biswas-Diener 2002; Frey and Stutzer 2002; Helliwell 2003; Kahneman and Krueger 200”
Materialistic cues make us miserable: A meta‐analysis of the experimental evidence for the effects of materialism on individual and societal well‐being (2020, background): “…classic philosophers (e.g., Diogenes, Pythagoras, and Socrates), modern economists (e.g., Kuznets, 1934), and contemporary psychologists (e.g., Diener & Biswas‐Diener, 2002; Kasser & Ryan, 1993; Maslow, 1954) have warned that wealth, material possessions, and economic growth indexes do not…”
The relationship between religious orientation and happiness: the mediating role of purpose in life (2014, background): “Personal income is important for happiness up to a point, but adds little to happiness once basic needs are met (Diener & Biswas-Diener, 2002; Inglehart, 1990).”
Well-Being across America (2011, unknown): “By contrast, the standard view in the psychology literature, well expressed by the review article of Diener and Biswas-Diener (2002), is that”
Advances and Open Questions in the Science of Subjective Well-Being (2018, unknown): “…surprising that many studies have examined the association between material well-being and SWB. Reviews are available from Argyle and Furnham (1998), Diener and Biswas-Diener (2002), Diener and Oishi (2000), Ng (2013), Stevenson and Wolfers (2013), Weiman, Knabe, and Schob (2015), and Xiao (2014).”
Debt and Subjective Well-being: The Other Side of the Income-Happiness Coin (2016, methodology): “While examining the practical significance of income on SWB is important, this endeavor may have led to an inordinate focus on only income (Diener and Biswas-Diener 2002; Diener et al. 2013), rather than the broader construct of economic wealth and its relation to SWB (cf. Headey and Wooden 2004;…”
Does Happiness Promote Career Success? Revisiting the Evidence (2018, background): “Indeed, happiness and income rise in tandem (Diener & Biswas-Diener, 2002; Pinquart & Sorensen, 2000) up until about USD 75,000, after which point greater income does not enhance emotional well-being or happiness (Kahneman & Deaton, 2010).”
Deep and persistent disadvantage in Australia (2013, methodology): “Diener and Biswas-Diener (2002) argue: It appears that individuals who feel self-confident and are thus ‘psychologically empowered’ are more likely to make progress toward their personal goals, and are more likely to be happy.”
Lay Understanding of Happiness and the Experience of Well-Being: Are Some Conceptions of Happiness More Beneficial than Others? (2016, background): “There is no clear relationship between individual income, income in societies (Diener and Biswas-Diener 2002) and subjective well-being, but findings from a few studies indicate that valuing material things and financial success is negatively correlated with well-being (Kasser and Ryan 1993).”
Does Happiness Promote Career Success? (2008, background): “For example, happiness is related to income (Diener & Biswas-Diener, 2002), favorable evaluations by a superior (Cropanzano & Wright, 1999), helping fellow workers (George, 1991), and social support from colleagues and supervisors (Iverson, Olekalns, & Erwin, 1998).”