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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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Authors
White, M. P., & Dolan, P.
Affiliations
  • University of Plymouth (GB)
  • Imperial College London (GB)
Corresponding author
White, Mathew P.
ORCID
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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