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Subjective well-being. The science of happiness and a proposal for a national index
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One area of positive psychology analyzes subjective well-being (SWB), people's cognitive and affective evaluations of their lives. Progress has been made in understanding the components of SWB, the importance of adaptation and goals to feelings of well-being, the temperament underpinnings of SWB, and the cultural influences on well-being. Representative selection of respondents, naturalistic experience sampling measures, and other methodological refinements are now used to study SWB and could be used to produce national indicators of happiness.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Diener, E.
- Affiliations
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
- Corresponding author
- Diener, Ed
- ORCID
- Diener, Ed
- Venue
- American Psychologist
- Published
- 2000
- Volume
- 55
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 34-43
- ISSN
- 0003-066X (ISSN-L)
- 1935-990X
- OpenAlex
- W2070808447
- Cited by
- 7,121
- References
- 72
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- FWCI
- 75.73
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- American Psychologist (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Aging and Gerontology Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Flow Experience in Various Fields
- Keywords
- subjective well-being, happiness, positive psychology, adaptation, goals, temperament, ecological momentary assessment, representative sampling
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Cross-Cultural Comparison, Cultural Characteristics, Happiness, Humans, Quality of Life, Sampling Studies, Temperament
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