Accounting for the Richness of Daily Activities

White, Mathew P.; Dolan, Paul

doi:10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02392.x

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Accounting for the Richness of Daily Activities

White, Mathew P., Dolan, Paul·2009·Psychological Science

DOI 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02392.x

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Serious consideration is being given to the impact of private behavior and public policies on people's subjective well-being (SWB). A new approach to measuring well-being, the day reconstruction method (DRM), weights the affective component of daily activities by their duration in order to construct temporal aggregates. However, the DRM neglects the potentially important role of thoughts. By adapting this method to include thoughts as well as feelings, we provide perhaps the most comprehensive measure of SWB to date. We show that some activities relatively low in pleasure (e.g., work and time with children) are nonetheless thought of as rewarding and therefore contribute to overall SWB. Such information may be important to policymakers wishing to promote behaviors that are conducive to a broader conception of SWB.

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Time spent with children is relatively more rewarding than pleasurable, and time spent watching television is relatively more pleasurable than rewarding.
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Authors: White, M. P., & Dolan, P.
Affiliations: University of Plymouth (GB)
Imperial College London (GB)
Corresponding author: White, Mathew P.
ORCID: White, Mathew P.
Dolan, Paul
Venue: Psychological Science
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 2009-08
Volume: 20
Issue: 8
Pages: 1000-1008
ISSN: 0956-7976 (ISSN-L)
1467-9280
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02392.x
OpenAlex: W2130640432
Cited by: 310
References: 37
Citations by year: 2026: 6 · 2025: 14 · 2024: 27 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 40 · 2021: 17 · 2020: 14 · 2019: 18 · 2018: 14 · 2017: 24 · 2016: 22 · 2015: 24 · 2014: 15 · 2013: 22 · 2012: 15
FWCI: 15.67
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations: Psychological Science (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
London School of Economics and Political Science Theses Online (London School of Economics and Political Science) (acceptedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Mental Health Research Topics
Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Flow Experience in Various Fields
Keywords: subjective well-being, Day Reconstruction Method, daily activities, emotional experience, temporal aggregation, pleasure, work, time with children, public policy, private behavior
MeSH terms: Activities of Daily Living, Adolescent, Adult, Affect, Aged, Data Collection, Female, Goals, Health Promotion, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Motivation, Policy Making, Quality of Life, Reward, Thinking, Time Factors, Internet, Young Adult

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