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MEASURING QUALITY OF LIFE: ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND SUBJECTIVE INDICATORS
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The affective part of psychological well-being is an evaluation influenced by emotions and feelings (Diener, 1997).
“The affective part is an evaluation influenced by emotions and feelings, for example, the frequency by which individuals experience pleasant or unpleasant moods in reaction to life circumstances (Diener, 1997).”
From Psychological Well-Being and Its Relationships with Active and Passive Procrastination (2015) · cites this paper as Diener, 1997
Diener (1997) inferred that the cognitive component of psychological well-being is an information-based appraisal of ones life satisfaction.
“Diener (1997) inferred that the cognitive component of psychological well-being is an information-based appraisal of ones life satisfaction.”
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“Whilst these two approaches conceive of and assess quality of life differently, they are related and there have been recent calls for attempts to offer an integration of the different conceptualisations (Rogerson, 1995; Diener and Suh, 1997).”
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“To many commentators, the SLL tradition is the objective approach per se (Diener and Suh 1997; Rapley 2003; Bowling 2005).”
BackgroundJayawickreme, E., Forgeard, M. J. C., & Seligman, M. E. P. (2012) · Review of General Psychology · doi:10.1037/a0027990 · Cited by 341
“…of education, crime and health) as a measurement of quality of life, and advocates have claimed that in combination with objective measures, SWB indicators can provide information that standard indicators cannot offer (Diener & Seligman, 2004; Diener & Suh, 1997; Diener, 2006; Oswald & Wu, 2010).”
BackgroundSubjective well-being related to satisfaction with daily travel
Bergstad, C. J., Gamble, A., Gärling, T., Hagman, O., Polk, M., Ettema, D., Friman, M., & Olsson, L. E. (2010) · Transportation · doi:10.1007/s11116-010-9283-z · Cited by 337
“SWB usually has a U-shaped relationship to age (Diener and Suh, 1997), being at its lowest when people are around the age of 40, and then gradually increasing.”
BackgroundInfluentialFuel poverty and subjective wellbeing
Churchill, S. A., Smyth, R., & Farrell, L. (2020) · Energy Economics · doi:10.1016/j.eneco.2019.104650 · Cited by 337
The Role of Leisure in Determining Quality of Life: Issues of Content and Measurement
Lloyd, K. M., & Auld, C. (2002) · Social Indicators Research · doi:10.1023/a:1013879518210 · Cited by 335
“According to Diener and Suh (1997) "they provide alternative views of societal quality that are unlikely to be affected by common errors of measurement" (p.”
BackgroundResultLevels and Demographic Correlates of Adolescent Life Satisfaction Reports
Huebner, E. S., Drane, W., & Valois, R. F. (2000) · School Psychology International · doi:10.1177/0143034300213005 · Cited by 332
Zhang, R. (2017) · Computers in Human Behavior · doi:10.1016/j.chb.2017.05.043 · Cited by 350
Identifying Welfare Effects from Subjective Questions
Ravallion, M. D., & Lokshin, M. M. (2001) · Economica · doi:10.1111/1468-0335.00250 · Cited by 305
“Van de Stadt et al. (1985) and Clark and Oswald (1996) regress a subjective welfare indicator on both 'own income' and an estimate of 'comparison group income', namely the mean income of people with similar characteristics.”
BackgroundHandbook of Tourism and Quality-of-Life Research
Uysal, M., Sirgy, M. J., & Perdue, R. R. (2012) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-94-007-2288-0 · Cited by 319
Subjective economic well-being in Eastern Europe
Hayo, B., & SEIFERT, W. K. (2003) · Journal of Economic Psychology · doi:10.1016/s0167-4870(02)00173-3 · Cited by 308
“Moreover, the measurement differences between objective and subjective indicators are not likely to be induced by common errors and thus they provide alternative views of the situation (Diener and Suh 1997).”
Absolute Income, Relative Income, and Happiness
Ball, R., & Chernova, K. (2007) · Social Indicators Research · doi:10.1007/s11205-007-9217-0 · Cited by 303
The quality of life of older people aging in place: a literature review
Vanleerberghe, P., Witte, N. D., Claes, C., et al. (2017) · Quality of Life Research · doi:10.1007/s11136-017-1651-0 · Cited by 296
The social media see-saw: Positive and negative influences on adolescents’ affective well-being
Weinstein, E. (2018) · New Media & Society · doi:10.1177/1461444818755634 · Cited by 282
“As Diener and Suh (1997) summarize, “subjective well-being consists of three interrelated components: life satisfaction, pleasant affect, and unpleasant affect.”
BackgroundFostering Quality of Life through Social Innovation: A Living Lab Methodology Study Case
Edwards-Schachter, M., Matti, C., & Alcántara, E. (2012) · Review of Policy Research · doi:10.1111/j.1541-1338.2012.00588.x · Cited by 305
Impacts of festivals and events on residents’ well-being
Yolal, M., Gürsoy, D., Uysal, M., Kim, H. L., & Karacaoğlu, S. (2016) · Annals of Tourism Research · doi:10.1016/j.annals.2016.07.008 · Cited by 324
Measuring residential satisfaction: a residential environmental satisfaction scale (RESS)
Adriaanse, C. C. M. (2007) · Journal of Housing and the Built Environment · doi:10.1007/s10901-007-9082-9 · Cited by 292
“This line of reasoning was set forth long ago by Herbert Gans, who stated that ‘‘The effective environment may thus be defined as that version of the potential environment that is manifestly or latently adopted by users’’ (Gans 1968, p. 8). This definition has since been operationalized by Diener and Suh (1997) .”
BackgroundUchida, Y., Kitayama, S., Mesquita, B., Reyes, J. A. S., & Morling, B. (2008) · Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin · doi:10.1177/0146167208315157 · Cited by 291
“Finally, replicating numerous studies demonstrating greater positivity associated with aging (Charles, Reynolds, & Gatz, 2001; Diener & Suh, 1997; Mroczek & Kolarz, 1998; Shmotkin, 1990), the age main effect was significant (β =.17), t(133) = 2.81, p < .01, indicating that older adults reported a…”
BackgroundInfluentialOral health-related quality-of-life scores differ by socioeconomic status and caries experience
Chaffee, B. W., Rodrigues, P. H., Kramer, P. F., Vítolo, M. R., & Feldens, C. A. (2017) · Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology · doi:10.1111/cdoe.12279 · Cited by 281
“Alternatively, quality-of-life measures are inherently subjective and may reflect the expectations of individuals who have adapted to a particular life situation or local environment.(17,31) The pervasiveness of early childhood caries in low-SES communities, potentially coupled with limited access to care, may have in…”
BackgroundThe Mental Health Continuum–Short Form (MHC–SF) as a Measure of Well-Being in the Italian Context
Petrillo, G., Capone, V., Caso, D., & Keyes, C. L. M. (2014) · Social Indicators Research · doi:10.1007/s11205-014-0629-3 · Cited by 280
Caprara, G. V., & Steca, P. (2005) · Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology · doi:10.1521/jscp.24.2.191.62271 · Cited by 296
Wiggins, R. D., Netuveli, G., Hyde, M., HIGGS, P. F. D., & Blane, D. (2007) · Social Indicators Research · doi:10.1007/s11205-007-9220-5 · Cited by 287
“Following a number of excellent reviews of the definition and measurement of quality of life (Felce and Perry 1995; Cummins 1996; Diener and Suh 1997; Bowling 1997; Smith 2000; Bullinger 2002; Brown et al. 2004) that this remark has equal relevance today.”
BackgroundWallander, J. L., & Koot, H. M. (2015) · Clinical Psychology Review · doi:10.1016/j.cpr.2015.11.007 · Cited by 287
“Yet, whereas infant mortality might be reduced for example from five to one per 1,000 births, this would require enormous medical expense as well as result in more surviving infants with severe disability (Diener & Suh, 1997).”
BackgroundInfluentialKaplanidou, K. K., Karadakis, K., Gibson, H., Thapa, B., Walker, M., Geldenhuys, S., & Coetzee, W. J. L. (2013) · Journal of Travel Research · doi:10.1177/0047287513478501 · Cited by 272
“These results are consistent with previous studies utilizing Social Exchange Theory to predict whether economic, political, psychological, and social benefits influenced resident support (Bull and Lovell 2007; Deccio and Baloglu 2002; Fredline 2005; Gursoy and Kendall 2006; Gursoy and Rutherford 2004; Kim, Gursoy, and…”
BackgroundInfluentialBell, S. L., Audrey, S., Gunnell, D., Cooper, A. R., & Campbell, R. M. (2019) · International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity · doi:10.1186/s12966-019-0901-7 · Cited by 297
How does travel affect emotional well-being and life satisfaction?
Friman, M., Gärling, T., Ettema, D., & Olsson, L. E. (2017) · Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice · doi:10.1016/j.tra.2017.09.024 · Cited by 255
Trees, grass, or concrete? The effects of different types of environments on stress reduction
Huang, Q., Yang, M., Jane, H.-A., Li, S., & Bauer, N. (2019) · Landscape and Urban Planning · doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2019.103654 · Cited by 251
Dimensions Of Well-Being And Their Measurement: The Spf-Il Scale
Nieboer, A., Lindenberg, S., Boomsma, A., & Bruggen, A. C. V. (2005) · Social Indicators Research · doi:10.1007/s11205-004-0988-2 · Cited by 234
From preference to happiness: Towards a more complete welfare economics
Ng, Y. (2003) · Social Choice and Welfare · doi:10.1007/s003550200184 · Cited by 232
“(See Diener and Suh 1997; Frank 1997; Myers 1996, p. 445; Oswald 1997; Veenhoven 1993.”
Personality change following unemployment.
Boyce, C. J., Wood, A. M., Daly, M., & Sedikides, C. (2015) · Journal of Applied Psychology · doi:10.1037/a0038647 · Cited by 231
“Such indicators—typically including health, crime, economic, and subjective well-being outcomes—change across time and may therefore provide clues on how individuals and societies progress (Diener & Suh, 1997).”
BackgroundRelationships among school climate domains and school satisfaction
Zullig, K. J., Huebner, E. S., & Patton, J. (2010) · Psychology in the Schools · doi:10.1002/pits.20532 · Cited by 277
“Because research reveals a degree of discriminability of relationships between objective and subjective indicators, some researchers have concluded that objective and subjective indicators reflect distinct, but complementary QOL information (e.g., Diener & Suh, 1997).”
BackgroundPsychometric analysis of the satisfaction with travel scale
Friman, M., Fujii, S., Ettema, D., Gärling, T., & Olsson, L. E. (2012) · Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice · doi:10.1016/j.tra.2012.10.012 · Cited by 225
Urban Quality of Life: A Case Study of Guwahati
Das, D. (2007) · Social Indicators Research · doi:10.1007/s11205-007-9191-6 · Cited by 224
“The central elements of well being, a sense of satisfaction with one's life and positive affective experience, are derived from the context of one's most important values and goals (Diener and Suh 1997).”
BackgroundSubjective Wellbeing, Objective Wellbeing and Inequality in Australia
Western, M., & Tomaszewski, W. (2016) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0163345 · Cited by 272
Gerlitz, J.-Y., Macchi, M., Brooks, N., et al. (2016) · Climate and Development · doi:10.1080/17565529.2016.1145099 · Cited by 223
“Diener and Suh (1997) provided evidence that “subjective” indicators are relevant and valid measures in the quality of life measurement, as they shed a light on a different angle of wellbeing and add substantially to “objective” wellbeing measures.”
BackgroundThe measurement of welfare and well-being: the Leyden approach
van Praag, B. M. S., & Frijters, P. (1999) · UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam) · Cited by 221
Quality of life: public planning and private living
Massam, B. H. (2002) · Progress in Planning · doi:10.1016/s0305-9006(02)00023-5 · Cited by 219
King, M. F., Renó, V. F., & Novo, E. M. L. D. M. (2013) · Social Indicators Research · doi:10.1007/s11205-013-0320-0 · Cited by 242
Quality of Life in the Planning Literature
Dissart, J., & Deller, S. C. (2000) · Journal of Planning Literature · doi:10.1177/08854120022092962 · Cited by 213
“Diener and Suh (1997) argued that there are three major philo soph i cal approaches to deter min ing qual ity of life: (1) char ac ter is tics of qual ity of life dic tated by nor ma tive ide als based on reli gious, philo soph i cal, or other sys tems; (2) the sat is fac tion of pref er ences…”
BackgroundPerceived social support, quality of life and satisfaction with life in elderly people
Şahin, D. S., Özer, Ö., & Yanardağ, M. Z. (2019) · Educational Gerontology · doi:10.1080/03601277.2019.1585065 · Cited by 213
“Fern ́andez-Ballesteros (2002) investigated quality of life and social support in Spanish elderly people and argued that social support is an important condition for quality of life. Unsar, Erol, and Sut (2016) surveyed elderly people aged 60 years and older in Turkey and found a significant positive correlation betwe…”
BackgroundFung, H. H.-L., & Carstensen, L. L. (2006) · Social Cognition · doi:10.1521/soco.2006.24.3.248 · Cited by 212
Rural–Urban Differences in Life Satisfaction: Evidence from the European Union
Sørensen, J. F. L. (2013) · Regional Studies · doi:10.1080/00343404.2012.753142 · Cited by 209
“…be called happy by their friends and spouses, less likely to be absent from work, less likely to die prematurely, less likely to attempt suicide, less likely to get depressed in the future, and less likely to seek psychological counselling (DIENER and SUH, 1997; FRANK, 1997, DIENER et al., 1999).”
BackgroundRelationship Between Caregiver Burden and Health-Related Quality of Life
Hughes, S. L., Giobbie‐Hurder, A., Weaver, F. M., Kubal, J. D., & Henderson, W. G. (1999) · The Gerontologist · doi:10.1093/geront/39.5.534 · Cited by 204
Late-life suicide in an aging world
Leo, D. D. (2022) · Nature Aging · doi:10.1038/s43587-021-00160-1 · Cited by 217
Beyond GDP: Classifying Alternative Measures for Progress
Bleys, B. (2011) · Social Indicators Research · doi:10.1007/s11205-011-9906-6 · Cited by 203
“Diener and Suh (1997) use a similar scheme to classify different measures of quality-oflife, yet they relate the different categories of measures to the philosophical approaches to conceive well-being used by the different research fields.”
BackgroundEnvironmental pollution and their socioeconomic impacts
Ajibade, F. O., Adelodun, B., Lasisi, K. H., Fadare, O. O., Ajibade, T. F., Nwogwu, N. A., Sulaymon, I. D., Ugya, A. Y., Wang, H. C., & Wang, A. (2020) · Elsevier eBooks · doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-821199-1.00025-0 · Cited by 219
Tourism Impact and Stakeholders’ Quality of Life
Woo, E., Uysal, M., & Sirgy, M. J. (2016) · Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research · doi:10.1177/1096348016654971 · Cited by 192
“Subjective quality-of-life indicators measure satisfaction that individuals experience in their lives (e.g., Andereck & Jurowski, 2006; Diener & Suh, 1997; Phillips, 2006).”
BackgroundPlanning for Happy Neighborhoods
Pfeiffer, D., & Cloutier, S. A. (2016) · Journal of the American Planning Association · doi:10.1080/01944363.2016.1166347 · Cited by 203
The effect of perceived social support on subjective well-being
Gülaçtı, F. (2010) · Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences · doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.03.602 · Cited by 186
“Cognitive components (Andrews and Withey 1974) are also about the individuals’ satisfaction on life (Diener and Larsen, 1993; Diener and Suh, 1997; Pavot et al., 1991; Schimmack, et al., 2002).”
BackgroundA model for the analysis of data-driven innovation and value generation in smart cities' ecosystems
Abella, A., Ortiz‐de‐Urbina‐Criado, M., & De‐Pablos‐Heredero, C. (2017) · Cities · doi:10.1016/j.cities.2017.01.011 · Cited by 185
Armaș, I., & Gavriș, A. (2013) · Natural hazards and earth system sciences · doi:10.5194/nhess-13-1481-2013 · Cited by 184
“Certain benefits sustain the agreement on the use of indices: they are created for a better understanding of the society and its relations, by condensing this complex system into simple terms through numerical data (Diener and Suh, 1997).”
BackgroundConsumers’ associations with wellbeing in a food-related context: A cross-cultural study
Ares, G., de Saldamando, L., Giménez, A., Claret, A., Cunha, L., Guerrero, L., de Moura, A. P., Oliveira, D., Symoneaux, R., & Deliza, R. (2015) · Food Quality and Preference · doi:10.1016/j.foodqual.2014.06.001 · Cited by 151
Personality disorders and quality of life. A population study
Cramer, V., Torgersen, S., & Kringlen, E. (2006) · Comprehensive Psychiatry · doi:10.1016/j.comppsych.2005.06.002 · Cited by 177
“Also, a number of subjective relational aspects of life are important, as well as broad aspects of the go od life [24-26 ] .”
BackgroundTransport, unmet activity needs and wellbeing in later life: exploring the links
Nordbakke, S. T. D., & Schwanen, T. (2014) · Transportation · doi:10.1007/s11116-014-9558-x · Cited by 178
Urban form, travel behavior, and travel satisfaction
Mouratidis, K., Ettema, D., & Næss, P. (2019) · Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice · doi:10.1016/j.tra.2019.09.002 · Cited by 191
Metadata
- Authors
- Diener, E., & Suh, E.
- Affiliations
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
- Venue
- Social Indicators Research
- Published
- 1997-01
- Volume
- 40
- Issue
- 1-2
- Pages
- 189-216
- ISSN
- 0303-8300 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-0921
- OpenAlex
- W2153621036
- Semantic Scholar
- c068312ebaa8742299008d37f57cdce5f960a26a
- Cited by
- 2,092
- References
- 50
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- FWCI
- 45.75
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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- Locations
- Social Indicators Research (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Quality of Life Measurement
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy
- Keywords
- quality of life, well-being measurement, subjective well-being, social indicators, economic indicators, crime, normative ideals, good life, policy evaluation
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