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Autor/inn/en | Vella-Brodrick, Dianne A.; Park, Nansook; Peterson, Christopher |
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Titel | Three Ways to Be Happy: Pleasure, Engagement, and Meaning--Findings from Australian and US Samples |
Quelle | In: Social Indicators Research, 90 (2009) 2, S.165-179 (15 Seiten)
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0303-8300 |
DOI | 10.1007/s11205-008-9251-6 |
Schlagwörter | Personality Traits; Life Satisfaction; Well Being; Foreign Countries; Psychological Patterns; Social Indicators; Adults; Surveys; Attitudes; Computer Assisted Testing; Australia; United States |
Abstract | This study examined the contributions of orientations to happiness (pleasure, engagement and meaning) to subjective well-being. A sample of 12,622 adults from the United States completed on-line surveys measuring orientations to happiness, positive affect, negative affect, and life satisfaction. A sample of 332 adults from Australia also completed these surveys as well as a measure of the big five factor personality traits. Hierarchical regressions generally supported the hypothesis that the three orientations to happiness predict subjective well-being (satisfaction with life, positive affect and negative affect) beyond sociodemographic variables and personality. Meaning and engagement explained the greatest variance in all three components of subjective well-being. Overall, these findings support the importance of a eudaimonic approach in addition to the hedonic approach to achieving happiness. Moreover, findings were relatively consistent in both the Australian and US samples. (As Provided). |
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Update | 2017/4/10 |