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Direct linkDiener, Ed; Wirtz, Derrick; Tov, William; Kim-Prieto, Chu; Choi, Dong-won; Oishi, Shigehiro; Biswas-Diener, Robert – Social Indicators Research, 2010
Measures of well-being were created to assess psychological flourishing and feelings--positive feelings, negative feelings, and the difference between the two. The scales were evaluated in a sample of 689 college students from six locations. The Flourishing Scale is a brief 8-item summary measure of the respondent's self-perceived success in…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Measures (Individuals), Psychometrics, Student Attitudes
Blore, Jed D.; Stokes, Mark A.; Mellor, David; Firth, Lucy; Cummins, Robert A. – Social Indicators Research, 2011
The Subjective Wellbeing (SWB) literature is replete with competing theories detailing the mechanisms underlying the construction and maintenance of SWB. The current study aimed to compare and contrast two of these approaches: multiple discrepancies theory (MDT) and an affective-cognitive theory of SWB. MDT posits SWB to be the result of perceived…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Structural Equation Models, Personality Traits, Goodness of Fit
Proctor, Carmel; Linley, P. Alex; Maltby, John – Social Indicators Research, 2010
This study investigated the characteristics of adolescents reporting very high levels of life satisfaction. Participants (N = 410) were divided into three life satisfaction groups: very high (top 10%), average (middle 25%), and very low (lowest 10%). Results revealed that very happy youths had significantly higher mean scores on all included…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Adolescents, Student Characteristics, Social Indicators
Schimmack, Ulrich; Schupp, Jurgen; Wagner, Gert G. – Social Indicators Research, 2008
Subjective well-being (SWB) has two components: affective well-being (AWB) and cognitive well-being (CWB). The present study demonstrated that AWB and CWB have are influenced by different factors in a nationally representative sample in Germany (N = 1053). Neuroticism was a stronger predictor of AWB than CWB. Unemployment and regional differences…
Descriptors: Unemployment, Children, Personality Traits, Social Indicators
