Happiness, freedom and control

By Paolo Verme. 2009

268 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Applied Psychology, General Decision Sciences, Social Psychology

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/9b94ca2959d61773749c384b176587e53919aec5

How researchers see this paper

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In Applied Psychology

1. R. Lumber
2. Miles Richardson
3. Carol Graham
4. Milena Nikolova
5. A. Hunt
6. Rory Thomas
7. Holli-Anne Passmore

In General Decision Sciences

1. Carol Graham
2. Milena Nikolova

In Social Psychology

1. Milena Nikolova
2. A. Hunt
3. Miles Richardson
4. Carol Graham
5. R. Lumber
6. Rory Thomas
7. Holli-Anne Passmore
8. Richard A. Easterlin

Citations in the corpus

• Who Benefits from Economic Freedom? Unraveling the Effect of Economic Freedom on Subjective Well-Being (2013, unknown): “This makes particular sense as “the appreciation of freedom of choice and the utility derived from freedom of choice may depend on individual preferences” (Verme, 2009, p. 147).”
• Bentham or Aristotle in the Development Process? An Empirical Investigation of Capabilities and Subjective Well-Being (2015, background): “Research shows that those who believe that outcomes in their lives depend on internal factors, such as effort, appreciate freedom more than those who believe in factors beyond their control, such as destiny (Verme, 2009).”
• Does the Internet Make People Happier (2011, unknown): “These findings are consistent with previous studies (Verme, 2009, Helliwell, 2003).”
• Moments, not minutes: The nature-wellbeing relationship (2021, background): “Decades of research have evidenced a link between wellbeing and feeling a sense of autonomy or control over one’s life (e.g., Inglehart et al., 2008; Lachman & Weaver, 1998; Reis et al., 2000; Ryan et al., 2008; Verne, 2009).”