Measuring Subjective Well-Being
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How should human happiness and life-satisfaction be assessed?
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No universally accepted measure of well-being has emerged, in part because there are no agreed conceptual criteria concerning what an instrument should contain.
“Despite the continued development of new instruments, no universally accepted measure has emerged,13 in part because there are no agreed conceptual criteria concerning what an instrument should contain.”
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- Authors
- Layard, R.
- Affiliations
- London School of Economics and Political Science (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Layard, Richard
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2010-01-29
- Volume
- 327
- Issue
- 5965
- Pages
- 534-535
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W1970345248
- Cited by
- 391
- References
- 7
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 37.42
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Science (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Economic and Social Research Council (ES/H02123X/1)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Quality of Life Measurement
- Keywords
- subjective well-being, happiness, life satisfaction, well-being measurement
- MeSH terms
- Cost-Benefit Analysis, Economics, Happiness, Health Surveys, Humans, Income, Personal Satisfaction, Public Policy, Quality of Life, Surveys and Questionnaires, Socioeconomic Factors, United States, Prefrontal Cortex, Models, Economic
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