Reviews the literature since 1967 on subjective well-being (SWB [including happiness, life
satisfaction, and positive affect]) in 3 areas: measurement, causal factors, and theory. Most …

Subjective well-being (SWB) is a field of psychology that attempts to understand people's
evaluations of their lives. These evaluations may be primarily cognitive (eg, life satisfaction …

1. The idea of infusing entrepreneurship into education has spurred much enthusiasm in the
last few decades. A myriad of effects has been stated to result from this, such as economic …

An 8-month-long experimental study examined the immediate and longer term effects of
regularly practicing two assigned positive activities (expressing optimism and gratitude) on …

What is happiness? Why are some people happier than others? This new edition of The
Psychology of Happiness provides a comprehensive and up-to-date account of research …

Policy decisions at the organizational, corporate, and governmental levels should be more
heavily influenced by issues related to well-being—people's evaluations and feelings about …

The Laws of Emotion is an accessible work that reviews much of the insightful new research
on emotions conducted over the last ten years. It expands on the theory of emotions …

Direct reports of subjective well-being may have a useful role in the measurement of
consumer preferences and social welfare, if they can be done in a credible way. Can well …

Psychologists and sociologists usually interpret happiness scores as cardinal and
comparable across respondents, and thus run OLS regressions on happiness and changes …

Curiously, economists, whose discipline has much to do with human well-being, have shied
away from factoring the study of happiness into their work. Happiness, they might say, is …