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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

Title Subjective well-being : psychological predictors, social influences and economical aspects / Victoria Adkins, editor.
Publisher New York : Nova Publishers
Creation Date 2015
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
English
Content SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING: PSYCHOLOGICAL PREDICTORS, SOCIAL INFLUENCES AND ECONOMICAL ASPECTS
SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING: PSYCHOLOGICAL PREDICTORS, SOCIAL INFLUENCES AND ECONOMICAL ASPECTS
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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
Chapter 11: LIFE SATISFACTION IN OLDER ADULTS: PSYCHOSOCIAL AND SUBJECTIVE SOCIOECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONSINDEX
Series Psychology Research Progress
Extent 1 online resource (214 p.)
Language English
Copyright Date ©2015
National Library system number 997012334629105171
MARC RECORDS
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