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The Psychology of Quality of Life

Part of the Social Indicators Research Series Book Series (volume 50)

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4405-9

ISBN: 978-94-007-4404-2

Publisher: Springer Netherlands - Springer Journals

May 4, 2012

1 - 10 of 30 Chapters

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Philosophical Foundations, Definitions, and Measures

Sirgy, M. Joseph

Pages: 5 –29

[In this chapter, I will make an attempt to sensitize the reader to the study of subjective aspects of quality of life (QOL) by addressing the philosophical foundations of QOL concepts such as happiness, positive and negative affect, emotional well-being, life satisfaction, subjective well-being,...
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Further Distinctions Among Major Subjective QOL Concepts

Sirgy, M. Joseph

Pages: 31 –44

[This chapter describes a plethora of studies that have closely examined distinctions among subjective quality-of-life (QOL) concepts, such as those that were spelled out in the previous chapter. I will start out with the distinction between subjective and objective QOL; then I will move to the...
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Consequences of Hedonic Well-Being, Life Satisfaction, and Eudaimonia

Sirgy, M. Joseph

Pages: 45 –60

[An impressive body of work shows that happy people function better in life than less happy people; they are more productive and socially engaged, and they have higher incomes. Happy people are healthier than unhappy people. Much of this work is summarized in several literature reviews (e.g.,...
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Effects of Socioeconomic, Political, Cultural, and Other Macro Factors on QOL

Sirgy, M. Joseph

Pages: 63 –79

[I begin Part II of the book by a chapter that addresses the effects of objective reality on subjective aspects of QOL at the most macrolevel addressing the effects of socioeconomic, political, cultural, and other macrofactors. Country-level economic effects on subjective aspects of QOL will be...
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Effects of Income and Wealth on Subjective QOL

Sirgy, M. Joseph

Pages: 81 –94

[In the last 30–40 years, we have seen burgeoning research on the predictive effects of income and wealth on subjective aspects of QOL. Because of the largess of this research literature, I am treating this topic as a separate Chapter 6 will continue by examining the effects of other demographic...
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Effects of Other Demographic Factors on Subjective QOL

Sirgy, M. Joseph

Pages: 95 –107

[Andrews and Withey (1976), in what is regarded as a seminal study in the psychology of QOL, demonstrated that about 10% of the variance in life satisfaction can be accounted for by demographic characteristics. In later reviews, Diener (1984) and Argyle (1999) suggested a slightly higher...
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Effects of Personal Activities on Subjective QOL

Sirgy, M. Joseph

Pages: 109 –121

[This chapter describes the effects of personal activities on the subjective aspects of QOL. Personal activities cover a large gamut of activities such as physical activities (e.g., sports and recreation), religious activities (e.g., church going), social activities (e.g., socializing with...
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Effects of Genetics, Health, Biology, the Environment, and Drugs on Subjective QOL

Sirgy, M. Joseph

Pages: 123 –138

[This chapter describes the effects of personal factors such as genetics, health, biology, the environment, and drugs on the subjective aspects of QOL. Toward the end of the chapter, I will make an attempt put forth unifying ideas toward a neurochemical theory of QOL and another foundation of a...
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Effects of Personality on Subjective QOL

Sirgy, M. Joseph

Pages: 141 –153

[This chapter describes the effects of personality factors on subjective well-being. Lucas and Diener (2009), in their article on personality and subjective well-being, made reference to a seminal article written by Warner Wilson (1967) who compiled the first scientific literature review of...
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Effects of Affect and Cognition on Subjective QOL

Sirgy, M. Joseph

Pages: 155 –164

[This chapter describes the effects of affect and cognition on subjective well-being. Many QOL studies have shown that mood, causal attributions, appraisals, personal meaning, habituation, and cognitive frames play an important role in subjective well-being. Let us review the evidence.]

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