Looking Up and Looking Down: Weighting Good and Bad Information in Life Satisfaction Judgments

By E. Diener, Richard E. Lucas, S. Oishi, E. Suh. 2002

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Social Psychology

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Whistle While You Work (2012, background): “However, self-concept also has a state-like component, and satisfaction with self is regarded as a domain individuals pay attention to when forming judgments of life satisfaction (Diener & Diener, 1995; Diener, Lucas, Oishi, & Suh, 2002). Satisfaction with self has not been integrated into studies e”
Experience Sampling: Promises and Pitfalls, Strengths and Weaknesses (2003, background): “On the other hand, momentary satisfaction judgments might still prove useful in understanding the different ways in which people incorporate satisfaction with specific domains or satisfaction on specific occasions with global life satisfaction (Diener et al., 2002).”
The evolving concept of subjective well-being: The multifaceted nature of happiness. (2009, background): “Diener et al. (2002), for example, found that happy individuals were more likely to weight the best domains in their life heavily, whereas unhappy individuals were more likely to weight the worst domains in their life heavily.”
Theory and Validity of Life Satisfaction Scales (2013, background): “Diener et al. (2002) found that when people report life satisfaction, less satisfied people give more weight to the worst area in their lives, and more satisfied give greater weight to the best area in their lives.”
Integrating The Diverse Definitions of Happiness: A Time-Sequential Framework of Subjective Well-Being (2005, background): “Diener et al. (2002) found that some individuals most heavily weight the domains in which they have the biggest problems in judging their life satisfaction, whereas other individuals most heavily weight their best domains1.”