Emotional stability as a major dimension of happiness

By Peter Hills, Michael Argyle. 2001

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology

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Big 5 correlates of three measures of subjective well-being (2003, unknown): “Much subsequent research has since confirmed these associations (see e.g. Brebner, Donaldson, Kirby, & Ward, 1995; Chan & Joseph, 2000; Furnham & Brewin, 1990; Hills & Argyle, 2001a,b; Lu & Shih, 1997).”
Self-efficacy, social support and well-being The mediating role of optimism (2006, methodology): “Satisfaction with life was measured by the relevant scale of the Oxford Happiness Inventory (Hills & Argyle, 2001).”
Spirituality, Religiousness, and Happiness in Children Aged 8–12 Years (2010, background): “These internal characteristics include personality traits such as extroversion and neuroticism (Cheng and Furnham 2001, 2003; Furnham and Brewin 1990; Hayes and Joseph 2003; Hills and Argyle 2001a, b; Neto 2001; Pavot et al. 1990), and variables related to personality such as attributional stabili”
Self-Centeredness and Selflessness: A Theory of Self-Based Psychological Functioning and Its Consequences for Happiness (2011, background): “Works showing a positive link between emotional stability and well-being corroborate this point of view (e.g., Hills & Argyle, 2001).”
Impact of mindfulness on the neural responses to emotional pictures in experienced and beginner meditators (2011, background): “This would be consistent with evidence that the practice of mindfulness is associated with increased well-being (Wallace and Shapiro, 2006), and that emotional stability is a significant predictor of happiness (Hills and Argyle, 2001).”
Personality and Friendship Satisfaction in Daily Life: Do Everyday Social Interactions Account for Individual Differences in Friendship Satisfaction? (2015, background): “…introverts, have closer relationships with their friends, be more popular and have higher status among their peers (Asendorpf & Wilpers, 1998; Berry et al., 2000; Hills & Argyle, 2001; Jensen-Campbell et al., 2002; Moore & McElroy, 2012; Ong et al., 2011; Paunonen, 2003; Wilkinson & Walford, 2001).”
Change in life satisfaction during adulthood: findings from the veterans affairs normative aging study. (2005, background): “…reported that extraversion is positively related and neuroticism is negatively related to life satisfaction, with little or no contravening evidence (Costa, Mc- Crae, & Zonderman, 1980; DeNeve & Cooper, 1998; Emmons & Diener, 1985; Heaven, 1989; Hills & Argyle, 2001; Pavot, Diener, & Fujita, 1990).”
The contribution of temperament, popularity, and physical appearance to children’s happiness (2008, background): “…additional variables related to personality and associated with happiness in adults include attributional style (Cheng and Furnham 2001), emotional stability (Hills and Argyle 2001a), loneliness (Neto 2001) and self-esteem (Cheng and Furnham 2003; Furnham and Cheng 2000; Hills and Argyle 2001).”
Together is better? Effects of relationship status and resources on young adults' well-being (2008, background): “Neuroticism can be considered as the lack of the resource of emotional stability (Hills & Argyle, 2001).”
Positive and negative aspects of well-being: Common and specific predictors (2007, methodology): “Recently, for example, Huppert and Whittington (2003) showed that there is a degree of independence between positive and negative well-being. According to our point of view, ‘positive’ psychological well-being could be defined as the cognitive and affective reactions to the perception of adequate pe”
ASSESSING MULTIDIMENSIONAL WELL‐BEING: DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF THE I COPPE SCALE (2015, methodology): “The SWLS has shown good psychometric evidence supporting its use in this study (Blais, Vallerand, Pelletier, & Brigare, 1989; Hills & Argyle, 2001; Lamers, Westerhof, Bohlmeijer, ten Klooster, & Keyes, 2011; Pavot & Diener, 1993).”