• DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8721.2007.00479.x
Corpus ID: 18842089

Adaptation and the Set-Point Model of Subjective Well-Being

@article{Lucas2007AdaptationAT,
  title={Adaptation and the Set-Point Model of Subjective Well-Being},
  author={R. E. Lucas},
  journal={Current Directions in Psychological Science},
  year={2007},
  volume={16},
  pages={75 - 79}
}

• R. E. Lucas
• Published 2007
• Psychology
• Current Directions in Psychological Science

Hedonic adaptation refers to the process by which individuals return to baseline levels of happiness following a change in life circumstances. Dominant models of subjective well-being (SWB) suggest that people can adapt to almost any life event and that happiness levels fluctuate around a biologically determined set point that rarely changes. Recent evidence from large-scale panel studies challenges aspects of this conclusion. Although inborn factors certainly matter and some adaptation does… Expand

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