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The Psychology of Quality of Life

Part of the Social Indicators Research Series Book Series (volume 83)

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-71888-6

ISBN: 978-3-030-71887-9

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

Jun 10, 2021

1 - 10 of 30 Chapters

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Philosophical Foundations, Definitions, and Measures of Wellbeing

Sirgy, M. Joseph

Pages: 5 –35

[In this chapter, I describe the concept of happiness based on popular philosophical writings such as Bentham and Aristotle. In this vein, I make the case that happiness is a strong and universal motive. A distinction is made among three philosophical views of happiness namely, psychological,...
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Further Distinctions Among Major Concepts of Wellbeing

Sirgy, M. Joseph

Pages: 37 –58

[This chapter describes a plethora of studies that have closely examined distinctions among concepts related to subjective aspects of quality of life, such as those that were spelled out in the earlier chapter. I start out with the distinction between subjective and objective indicators of...
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Positive Outcomes of Wellbeing

Sirgy, M. Joseph

Pages: 59 –78

[This chapter discusses outcomes related to hedonic wellbeing, life satisfaction, and Eudaimonia. These outcomes include good health, high levels of achievement and work, good social relationships, prosocial engagement, trust, optimism, future happiness. The chapter also highlights research on...
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Effects of Technological, Economic, Political, and Socio-Cultural Factors on Wellbeing

Sirgy, M. Joseph

Pages: 83 –107

[This chapter discusses evidence related to the effects of technological, economic, political, and socio-cultural factors on wellbeing and positive mental health. I start out by presenting a theoretical model that can help the reader better understand how these macro factors can translate through...
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Effects of Resources (Time, Money, Income, and Wealth) on Wellbeing

Sirgy, M. Joseph

Pages: 109 –127

[This chapter discusses the effects of resources such as time, money, income, and wealth on subjective aspects of quality of life (hedonic wellbeing, life satisfaction, and Eudaimonia). With respect to time, much research in this area attempts to answer questions such as, what activities people...
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Effects of Demographic Factors on Wellbeing

Sirgy, M. Joseph

Pages: 129 –154

[This chapter discusses the effects of other demographic factors (age, gender, marriage, ethnicity and minority status, education, etc.) on subjective aspects of quality of life (hedonic wellbeing, life satisfaction, and eudaimonia). With respect to age, I break down the wellbeing research in...
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Effects of Personal and Consumption Activities on Wellbeing

Sirgy, M. Joseph

Pages: 155 –174

[This chapter covers wellbeing research related to personal and consumption activities. Wellbeing theories are discussed. These include classical conditioning, activity, flow, personal expressiveness, and self-determination. The research on personal activities is usually categorized in four major...
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Effects of Biology, Drugs, Life Events, and the Environment on Wellbeing

Sirgy, M. Joseph

Pages: 175 –204

[This chapter describes the effects of objective reality in terms of personal factors such as genetics, biology, health, drugs, life events, and the physical environment on the subjective aspects of quality of life (hedonic wellbeing, life satisfaction, and eudaimonia). With respect to biology,...
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Effects of Personality on Wellbeing

Sirgy, M. Joseph

Pages: 207 –221

[Research has shown that personality has a strong effect on happiness, subjective wellbeing, and positive mental health. More specifically, research has shown that subjective wellbeing is positively related with traits such as extraversion, self-esteem, positive affective disposition,...
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Effects of Affect and Cognition on Wellbeing

Sirgy, M. Joseph

Pages: 223 –243

[This chapter examines wellbeing research related to affect and cognition. Specifically, the chapter covers research related to mood, casual attribution, appraisals, meaning to life, habituation, cognitive frames, and cognitive outlooks. The latter (cognitive outlooks) includes research on...

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