This essay examines core contributions of a model of psychological well-being that has had
widespread scientific impact. It drew on distant formulations to identify new dimensions and …

Philosophers defend theories of what well-being is but ignore what psychologists have
learned about it, while psychologists learn about well-being but lack a theory of what it is. In …

This chapter examines a model of eudaimonic well-being (Ryff CD, J Personal Soc Psychol
57 (6): 1069–1081, 1989) that was built on points of convergence in multiple conceptions of …

This article reviews research and interventions that have grown up around a model of
psychological well-being generated more than two decades ago to address neglected …

Wellbeing is a fundamental human goal—we all have a desire for our life to go well. The
experience of life going well involves both feeling good and functioning well. Feeling good …

Subjective well-being, or what is popularly often called “happiness,” has been of intense
interest throughout human history. We review research showing that it is not a single factor …

Well-being, happiness and quality of life are now established objects of social and medical
research. Does this science produce knowledge that is properly about well-being? What sort …

Well‐being in the broadest sense is what we have when we are living lives that are not
necessarily morally good, but good for us. In philosophy, well‐being has been an important …

The human pursuit of well-being occupies space that extends beyond simply seeking
pleasure, feeling good, and being satisfied. In philosophy, Aristotle introduced the concept of …

The purpose of this chapter is to present a multidimensional model of eudaimonic well-being
and consider its implications for human health. In the first section, distal philosophical …