Subjective well-being : psychological predictors, social influences and economical aspects /
Victoria Adkins, editor.
- Hauppauge, New York : Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated, (c)2015.
- 1 online resource.
- Psychology research progress .
Includes bibliographies and index.
SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING: PSYCHOLOGICAL PREDICTORS, SOCIAL INFLUENCES AND ECONOMICAL ASPECTS; SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING: PSYCHOLOGICAL PREDICTORS, SOCIAL INFLUENCES AND ECONOMICAL ASPECTS; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: DOES HUMAN CAPITAL BUY HAPPINESS?EVIDENCE FROM SEVERAL INTERNATIONAL SKILLS SURVEYS; Chapter 2: RELIGIOUS COPING AND WELL-BEING IN MIDDLE ADULTHOOD: THE MEDIATIONAL ROLE OF MEANING IN LIFE; Chapter 3: MICRO AND MACRO ASPECTS OF HAPPINESS AND SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING. Chapter 4: DO PERCEPTIONS ABOUT PUBLIC CORRUPTION INFLUENCE SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING?EVIDENCE FROM AFRICAChapter 5: LIFE SATISFACTION AND HAPPINESS: ARE THEY VALUES?; Chapter 6: GRATITUDE AND SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING AMONG HIGHLY ACHIEVING CHINESE EARLY ADOLESCENT STUDENTS IN HONG KONG; Chapter 7: DIFFERENCES IN PSYCHIC WELL-BEING OF SLOVENIAN EMPLOYEES; Chapter 8: SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING, RELIGIOSITY, AND DEPRESSION AMONG ADOLESCENTS FROM QATAR; Chapter 9: DOES JOB SATISFACTION MAKE YOU HAPPY? AN ANALYSIS ON ESS DATA; Chapter 10: THE ROLE OF PROACTIVE COPING IN FIRST-TIME MOTHERS' MENTAL WELL-BEING.
Philosophy has long wondered about relations between a happy and an honest, moral life. This book includes chapters on the relationship between the satisfaction with life (the cognitive component of subjective well-being) and happiness. Furthermore, the economics of happiness and subjective well-being (SWB) has been the focus of considerable attention among social scientists recently. All individuals want to be happy, but not everybody is happy. The authors examine the micro and macroeconomic influences on enhancing happiness and SWB. Other chapters aim to help the reader understand 1. Whether.