Subjective wellbeing, health, and ageing

A Steptoe, A Deaton, AA Stone - The lancet, 2015 - thelancet.com
Subjective wellbeing and health are closely linked to age. Three aspects of subjective
wellbeing can be distinguished—evaluative wellbeing (or life satisfaction), hedonic …

[HTML][HTML] The neuroscience of positive emotions and affect: Implications for cultivating happiness and wellbeing

R Alexander, OR Aragón, J Bookwala… - Neuroscience & …, 2021 - Elsevier
This review paper provides an integrative account regarding neurophysiological correlates
of positive emotions and affect that cumulatively contribute to the scaffolding for positive …

Is happiness U-shaped everywhere? Age and subjective well-being in 145 countries

DG Blanchflower - Journal of population economics, 2021 - Springer
A large empirical literature has debated the existence of a U-shaped happiness-age curve.
This paper re-examines the relationship between various measures of well-being and age in …

Four decades of the economics of happiness: Where next?

AE Clark - Review of Income and Wealth, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Four Decades of the Economics of Happiness: Where Next? - Clark - 2018 - Review of Income
and Wealth - Wiley Online Library Skip to Article Content Skip to Article Information Wiley Online …

Psychological wellbeing, health and ageing

A Steptoe, A Deaton, AA Stone - Lancet, 2014 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Psychological wellbeing and health are closely linked at older ages. Three aspects of
psychological wellbeing can be distinguished: evaluative wellbeing (or life satisfaction) …

The sad truth about happiness scales

TN Bond, K Lang - Journal of Political Economy, 2019 - journals.uchicago.edu
Happiness is reported in ordered intervals (eg, very, pretty, not too happy). We review and
apply standard statistical results to determine when such data permit identification of two …

What is so positive about positive animal welfare?—a critical review of the literature

AB Lawrence, B Vigors, P Sandøe - Animals, 2019 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Positive animal welfare (PAW) is thought to have come about as a
response to there being too much of a focus on avoiding negatives in animal welfare …

How does subjective well-being evolve with age? A literature review

BF López Ulloa, V Møller, A Sousa-Poza - Journal of Population Ageing, 2013 - Springer
This literature review provides an overview of the theoretical and empirical research in
several disciplines on the relation between ageing and subjective well-being, ie, how …

The U shape of happiness across the life course: Expanding the discussion

NL Galambos, HJ Krahn, MD Johnson… - Perspectives on …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
The notion of a U shape in happiness—that well-being is highest for people in their 20s,
decreases to its nadir in midlife, and then rises into old age—has captured the attention of …

Happiness, stress, and age: How the U curve varies across people and places

C Graham, J Ruiz Pozuelo - Journal of Population Economics, 2017 - Springer
There is now much evidence for a remarkably consistent relationship between age and
happiness—“the U curve.” In this paper, we present the first analysis that explores why some …