The psychology of happiness, 2nd ed.

By Michael Argyle. 2001

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The Satisfaction With Love Life Scale (2005, background): “In every part of the world, love is considered one of the most important feelings that human beings experience, and being in love leaves an indelible social and psychological mark. The domain of love constitutes one of the most important sectors of our society. For instance, Salvatore and Munoz Sast”
The happy personality: Mediational role of trait emotional intelligence (2007, unknown): “, depression, anxiety and emotional disorders) (Argyle, 2001; Seligman & Csikszentmihalyi, 2000).”
Is well-being U-shaped over the life cycle? (2008, unknown): “What is the relationship between wellbeing and age? Traditional surveys of the field, such as Argyle (2001), Diener, Suh, Lucas, and Smith (1999) and Myers (1992), argue that happiness is either flat or slightly increasing in age.”
University Students’ Subjective Well-being: The Role of Autonomy Support from Parents, Friends, and the Romantic Partner (2012, unknown): “…for the quality of the romantic relationship, considering that this variable has been found to be an important predictor of happiness (e.g., Argyle 2001; Berry and Willingham 1997; Demir 2007; Khaleque 2004; Myers 2000); (2) using a longitudinal design to assess possible fluctuations in…”
Happy People or Happy Places? A Multilevel Modeling Approach to the Analysis of Happiness and Well-Being (2012, background): “There is a wide range of econometric studies investigating the socioeconomic and demographic determinants of happiness and well-being and there are numerous comprehensive reviews of this literature (for example, see Argyle 2001; Dolan, Peasgood, and White 2007; Frey and Stutzer 2002).”
Religion as a source of variation in the experience of positive and negative emotions (2009, background): “…showing that the religious or those who attend religious services regularly are generally happier compared to those who are not (for review see Argyle, 2001; Argyle & Beit-Hallahmi, 1975; Levin & Chatters, 1998; for meta-analysis see Witter, Okun, Haring, & Stock, 1985), research…”
The Contribution of Social Relationships to Children’s Happiness (2009, background): “…findings that social relationships contribute to well-being, extraversion, which is associated with friendships and social activity, is reliably and strongly correlated with happiness (Cheng and Furnham 2001, 2002, 2003; Hayes and Joseph 2003; Hills and Argyle 2001; Neto 2001; Pavot et al. 1990).”
Associations between religiosity, mental health, and subjective well-being among Arabic samples from Egypt and Kuwait (2012, background): “Extensive literature on happiness, a synonym of SWB, has demonstrated an apparent connection with religiosity (Argyle, 2002; French & Joseph, 1999; Myers & Diener, 1995).”
The Subjective Well-Being of the Homeless, and Lessons for Happiness (2006, background): “a relation between income and subjective well-being (e.g., Diener & Suh, 1999; Argyle, 2001).”
International Happiness: A New View on the Measure of Performance (2011, background): “While the multi-country studies’ findings are intriguing, commentators including Ostroot and Snyder (1985) and Argyle (2001) have pointed out that it is hard to know what to make of the cross-national claims. First, language differences raise the worry that words such as “life satisfaction” cannot b”
Positive psychology in practice (2004, background): “Similarly, the construct of well-being has been arbitrarily and selectively defined, with researchers focusing either on the emotional (positive and/or negative affect) or on the cognitive (satisfaction with life) components of subjective wellbeing (Argyle, 2001)—rather than on the totality of this ”
The contribution of temperament, popularity, and physical appearance to children’s happiness (2008, background): “Personality, physical appearance, and popularity, all affect our social relationships and one of the most robust predictors of happiness is the development of social relationships (Argyle 2001; Myers and Diener 1995).”
Religiosity, happiness, health, and psychopathology in a probability sample of Muslim adolescents (2007, background): “Regarding religiosity and happiness or well-being, extensive literature has demonstrated an apparent connection between them (see Argyle, 2002; Francis, Jones, & Wilcox, 2000; French & Joseph, 1999; Myers & Diener, 1995).”
Childlessness and Psychological Well-Being in Midlife and Old Age: An Examination of Parental Status Effects Across a Range of Outcomes (2009, background): “…well-being measures seems to be accounted for by genes (Nes et al., 2006) and only about 10-15 % of the variance typically can be explained by objective circumstances (cf. Argyle, 2001), the small significant effects of motherhood on cognitive well-being is nevertheless substantively interesting.”
Life cycle happiness and its sources: Intersections of psychology, economics, and demography (2006, background): “In contrast, Michael Argyle, writing in the encyclopedic volume on “hedonic psychology” edited by Kahneman, Diener, and Schwarz concludes that studies both of life satisfaction and positive and negative aVect imply that well-being increases with age (Argyle, 1999, p. 354, cf. also Argyle, 2001).”