Much of what we know about individuals' subjective well-being is based on the findings of a
great number of representative surveys that asked respon dents to repori how happy and …

The primary focus of this chapter is on people's subjective well-being. The main concern is
with measuring “global” well-being, that is, happiness or satisfaction with life-as-awhole or …

This investigation begins from the hypothesis that social indicators of perceived well-being—
eg, people's assessment of their own life quality—will, like other attudes, reflect two basic …

This is a study about perceptions of well-being. Its purpose is to investigate how these
perceptions are organized in the minds of different groups of American adults, to find valid …

Modern societies in both developing and developed countries have real and legitimate
concerns about the enhancement, maintenance, and redistribution of individual well-being …

The absence of a 'gold standard'for subjective well-being has severely hampered the
interpretation of data from empirical studies. This paper demonstrates a remarkable …

Subjective well-being is a construct which has been studied by a large number of disciplines
extending over many centuries, and has been defined in ethical, theological, political …

This report presents the current status of a series of studies oriented toward the assessment
of perceived life quality. The conceptual model proposes that a person's overall sense of life …

National accounts of subjective well-being are being considered and adopted by nations. In
order to be useful for policy deliberations, the measures of life satisfaction must be …

Thinkers have discussed the “good life” and the desirable society for millennia. In the last
decades, scientists offered several alternative approaches to defining and measuring quality …