[HTML][HTML] Advances and open questions in the science of subjective well-being

E Diener, RE Lucas, S Oishi - Collabra: Psychology, 2018 - online.ucpress.edu
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 …

Life crafting as a way to find purpose and meaning in life

MC Schippers, N Ziegler - Frontiers in Psychology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Having a purpose in life is one of the most fundamental human needs. However, for most
people, finding their purpose in life is not obvious. Modern life has a way of distracting …

Revisiting the link between job satisfaction and life satisfaction: The role of basic psychological needs

W Unanue, ME Gómez, D Cortez, JC Oyanedel… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The link between job satisfaction and life satisfaction has been extensively explored in the
relevant literature. However, the great majority of past research has been carried out using …

Lay definitions of happiness across nations: The primacy of inner harmony and relational connectedness

A Delle Fave, I Brdar, MP Wissing, U Araujo… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
In well-being research the term happiness is often used as synonymous with life satisfaction.
However, little is known about lay people's understanding of happiness. Building on the …

Emotion regulation is motivated.

M Tamir, A Vishkin, T Gutentag - Emotion, 2020 - psycnet.apa.org
Because emotion regulation is a motivated process, one must adopt a motivational
perspective to understand it. We build on the distinction between goal setting (ie, selecting …

Wisdom, bias, and balance: Toward a process-sensitive measurement of wisdom-related cognition.

JP Brienza, FYH Kung, HC Santos… - Journal of personality …, 2018 - psycnet.apa.org
Abstract [Correction Notice: An Erratum for this article was reported in Vol 115 (6) of Journal
of Personality and Social Psychology (see record 2018-63189-002). In the article, the …

Exploring the East-West divide in prevalence of affective disorder: A case for cultural differences in co** with negative emotion

J De Vaus, MJ Hornsey, P Kuppens… - Personality and …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Lifetime rates of clinical depression and anxiety in the West tend to be approximately 4 to 10
times greater than rates in Asia. In this review, we explore one possible reason for this cross …

The connection between subjective wellbeing and pro-environmental behaviour: Individual and cross-national characteristics in a seven-country study

S Capstick, N Nash, L Whitmarsh, W Poortinga… - … Science & Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
A positive and reciprocal relationship between subjective wellbeing and pro-environmental
behaviour (PEB) has been observed across a range of countries worldwide. There is good …

The secret to happiness: Feeling good or feeling right?

M Tamir, SH Schwartz, S Oishi… - Journal of Experimental …, 2017 - psycnet.apa.org
Which emotional experiences should people pursue to optimize happiness? According to
traditional subjective well-being research, the more pleasant emotions we experience, the …

[PDF][PDF] Four fundamental distinctions in conceptions of wellbeing across cultures

M Joshanloo, E Van de Vliert… - The Palgrave handbook of …, 2021 - library.oapen.org
Culture plays crucial roles in human groups. It allows us to collectively “meet basic needs of
survival, by coordinating social behaviour to achieve a viable existence, to transmit …