Education, Happiness and Wellbeing

By Alexandros Charles Michalos. 2008

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

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Advances and Open Questions in the Science of Subjective Well-Being (2018, unknown): “For instance, levels of education are typically not strongly associated with self-reported well-being (Michalos, 2008; Witter, Okun, Stock, & Haring, 1984).”
Everyday Understandings of Happiness, Good Life, and Satisfaction: Three Different Facets of Well-being (2017, background): “At the subjective level, both comprise inner psychological states (emotions, cognitive evaluations, beliefs and self-perceptions) as well as perceptions of the external world (Michalos 2008).”
Consumer Financial Capability and Financial Satisfaction (2013, background): “These findings may be related to the connoisseur effect (Michalos 2008) in well-being studies, which states that people who know more are less satisfied.”
Positive Psychology and Positive Education: Old Wine in New Bottles? (2012, background): “Repeated studies show, for instance, that educational achievement is a low impact factor on subjective well-being (Michalos, 2008).”
What is Sustainability (2010, background): “It may even be at variance with those conditions: a person may live in objectively very unfortunate circumstances, yet manage to feel happy [19].”
Unethical and Unwell: Decrements in Well-Being and Unethical Activity at Work (2010, background): “Well-being is a complex construct that is ‘‘a function of the actual conditions of [one’s] life and what an individual makes of those conditions’’ (Michalos, 2008, p. 349).”
How Education Enhances Happiness: Comparison of Mediating Factors in Four East Asian Countries (2012, background): “Theoretical reasoning disagrees that the value of education for an individual’s wellbeing can only be demonstrated by monetary rewards (Brighouse 2006; Michalos 2008 ); furthermore, empirical findings support this argument.”