Orientations to happiness and life satisfaction: the full life versus the empty life

By Christopher Peterson, Nansook Park, Martin E. P. Seligman. 2005

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Literature and Literary Theory, Social Psychology

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Enhancing wellbeing: An emerging model of the adaptive functions of music listening (2016, background): “Meaning is central to eudaimonic definitions of wellbeing (Peterson et al., 2005), and it is argued that, like transcendence, older adults report higher levels of meaning in life (Steger, Oishi, & Kashdan, 2009) and a greater capacity for meaning-making (Bluck & Gluck, 2004; Ryff, 1989).”
Living well by “flowing’ well: The indirect effect of autotelic personality on well-being through flow experience (2020, result): “The results are consistent with the theory that an orientation toward engagement and absorption to everyday activities is a viable pathway toward greater well-being (Landhäußer & Keller, 2012; Peterson et al., 2005).”
Positive and negative affect, and grit as predictors of happiness and life satisfaction. (2008, background): “It can be traced to Aristotle’s (384–322 BCE) notion of eudemonia – being true to one’s inner self (Peterson et al., 2005).”
When the job is a calling: The role of applying one's signature strengths at work (2012, methodology): “The VIA-IS (Peterson et al., 2005a) is a questionnaire consisting of 240 items in a 5-point Likert-scale format (from 1¼ very much unlike me to 5¼ very much like me) measuring the 24 character strengths of the VIA classification (10 items for each strengths).”
Positive Psychology: The Science at the Heart of Coaching. (2006, background): “Peterson, Park, and Seligman (2005) use this when interviewing prospective graduate students and find it shifts the tone of the process substantially.”
The Gamification User Types Hexad Scale (2016, background): “Furthermore, the Hexad model is also informed by the evidence that meaning (purpose) facilitates internalization, increasing the motivation to carry out uninteresting but important activities [11], and leads to increased happiness and life satisfaction [20,37].”
Orientations to happiness and life satisfaction in twenty-seven nations (2009, background): “Peterson, Park, and Seligman ( 2005 ) created a self-report questionnaire to measure the endorsement of pleasure, engagement, and meaning as ways to achieve happiness.”
Flow Experience, Culture, and Well-being: How Do Autotelic Japanese College Students Feel, Behave, and Think in Their Daily Lives? (2010, background): “…previous findings on flow, such as positive associations of flow with self-esteem (Adlai-Gail, 1994; Wells, 1988), life satisfaction (Bryce and Haworth, 2002; Clarke and Haworth, 1994; Han, 1988; Ishimura and Kodama, 2006; Peterson et al., 2005) and Jujitsu-kan for the Japanese (Asakawa, 2004).”