Subjective well-being. The science of happiness and a proposal for a national index.
@article{Diener2000SubjectiveWT, title={Subjective well-being. The science of happiness and a proposal for a national index.}, author={Ed Diener}, journal={The American psychologist}, year={2000}, volume={55 1}, pages={ 34-43 } }
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…
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