Subjective well-being (SWB) is an extremely active area of research with about 170,000
articles and books published on the topic in the past 15 years. Methodological and …

This chapter reviews the scientific research on subjective well-being. Subjective well-being
consists of a person's cognitive and affective evaluations of his or her life. First, the authors …

Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) has long been used in social work research, but the
writing on the topic is typically fragmented and highly technical. This pocket guide fills a …

Since the publication of our first text on social cognition, a lot has changed for us personally
(children come and gone, grandchildren have arrived, new jobs, new houses) and …

This volume addresses the contribution to research methods and, specifically,
phenomenology, known as the Experience Sampling Method (ESM). ESM is a research …

This book is about savoring life—the capacity to attend to the joys, pleasures, and other
positive feelings that we experience in our lives. The authors enhance our understanding of …

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 …

This authoritative volume reviews the breadth of current scientific knowledge on subjective
well-being (SWB): its definition, causes and consequences, measurement, and practical …

The authors propose that how people want to feel (" ideal affect") differs from how they
actually feel (" actual affect") and that cultural factors influence ideal more than actual affect …

Since its inception in the late 1970s, experience sampling methodology (ESM) has enjoyed
an explosion of popularity in psychological research. A literature search for ESM and related …