Why are some people happier than others? The role of cognitive and motivational processes in well-being.

By Sonja Lyubomirsky. American Psychologist, 2001

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Social Psychology

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Pursuit of pleasure, engagement, and meaning: Relationships to subjective and objective measures of well-being (2010, neutral): “Second, the use of hedonic approaches has dominated psychological accounts of well-being (Diener, 1984; Lyubomirsky, 2001; cf. Ryff, 1989).”
Life satisfaction among European American, African American, Chinese American, Mexican American, and Dominican American adolescents (2004, background): “It also reflects individual mood and the cognitive appraisal of events and conditions (Cummins & Nistico, 2002; Lyubomirsky, 2001).”
Relationship between Psychological Capital and Quality of Life: The Role of Courage (2020, background): “Furthermore, it seems that the psychological capital can also have effects on some memory preservation and attention processes that have a long-term impact on well-being [88,89].”
Psychometric Evaluation of the Tagalog and German Subjective Happiness Scales and a Cross-Cultural Comparison (2009, background): “In line with a contemporary focus on positive psychology, there now exists a large and growing body of work examining subjective meanings of ‘happiness’ (e.g., Diener 1998; Diener et al. 1999; Lyubomirsky 2001; Seligman 2003).”
Constructive and Unconstructive Repetitive Thought (2008, background): “Likewise, low, unstable or contingent self-esteem leads to attempts to pursue self-esteem by trying to validate abilities and qualities (Crocker & Knight, 2005; Crocker & Park, 2004; Crocker & Wolfe, 2001), which typically involves evaluating one’s self-worth at a trait level, that is, the use of mo”
Positive psychology in practice (2004, background): “Happiness is defined here as it is often defined empirically—that is, via people’s direct ratings of their happiness, long-term balance of positive and negative affect, or life satisfaction (Diener, 1984; Lyubomirsky, 2001).”
How Do Simple Positive Activities Increase Well-Being? (2013, background): “By examining the characteristics of dispositionally happy people (e.g., their tendencies to be grateful, exhibit optimistic thinking, and engage in prosocial behavior; Lyubomirsky, 2001), researchers have been able to posit activities that might increase people’s happiness if deliberately practiced.”
Does Variety Among Activities Increase Happiness (2016, background): “1 ¼ Not at all satisfied, 7 ¼ Very satisfied) participants felt (Diener 1984; Lyubomirsky 2001).”
The Expanding Vision of Positive Behavior Support (2007, background): “…particularly in the realms of social and emotional wellbeing, and is therefore clearly relevant to PBS. Numerous studies of subjective well-being and happiness (Diener, 2000; Lyubomirsky, 2001; Myers, 2000) have served as a catalyst for developing intervention procedures that promote happiness.”
Resilience Portfolios and Poly-Strengths: Identifying Protective Factors Associated With Thriving After Adversity (2017, background): “Research on resilience, positive psychology, and posttraumatic growth all propose that the capacity to find meaning in difficult and even traumatic life events promotes mental health (e.g., Lyubomirsky, 2001; Masten, 2007; Tedeschi & Calhoun, 1996).”
A Life Course Perspective on Childhood Cheerfulness and its Relation to Mortality Risk (2002, background): “Self-other agreement is generally high, with those who say they are happy also judged by others as happy (Sandvik, Diener, & Seidlitz, 1993), although people who are satisfied and content with their lives are not necessarily unusually cheerful or highly optimistic (Lyubomirsky, 2001).”
Resident-tourist value co-creation: The role of residents' perceived tourism impacts and life satisfaction (2017, methodology): “Life satisfaction is an overall sense of well-being about one’s life, which refers to the extent to which a person experiences a stable, positive affect during a certain period in their life (Lyubomirsky, 2001).”
Reexamining adaptation and the set point model of happiness: reactions to changes in marital status. (2003, background): “The hedonic treadmill theory has had a profound effect on SWB research (for general reviews of the area, see Argyle, 1987; Diener, Suh, Lucas, & Smith, 1999; Kahneman, Diener, & Schwarz, 1999; Lyubomirsky, 2001; Myers, 1993).”
Notes on Cultures of Violence, Cultures of Caring and Peace, and the Fulfillment of Basic Human Needs (2003, neutral): “Self-preoccupation interferes with happiness (Lubomirsky, 2001).”
Factors Contributing to Optimal Human Functioning in People of Color in the United States (2006, background): “Optimal human functioning also has been described as a function of optimism and hope (Adams & Jackson, 2000; Lopez et al., 2000; Schneider, 2001), resilience (Fredrickson, 2001), happiness (Lyubomirsky, 2001), flow (Massimini & Fave, 2000), and subjective well-being (Diener, 2000).”
TARGET ARTICLE: Does the Positive Psychology Movement Have Legs? (2003, neutral): “It was edited by Sheldon and King (2001) and consists of four separate articles by Fredrickson (2001), Lyubomirsky (200 1b), Masten (2001), and Schneider (2001).”