Journal Article10.1111/J.1467-9280.1996.TB00354.X
Most People Are Happy
Ed Diener,Carol Diener +1 more
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TL;DR: In fact, most people report a positive level of subjective well-being (SWB), and say that they are satisfied with domains such as marriage, work, and leisure as discussed by the authors.
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Abstract: Myers and Diener (1995) asked “Who is happy?” but examined the question of who is more and who is less happy In fact, most people report a positive level of subjective well-being (SWB), and say that they are satisfied with domains such as marriage, work, and leisure People in disadvantaged groups on average report positive well-being, and measurement methods in addition to self-report indicate that most people's affect is primarily pleasant Cross-national data suggest that there is a positive level of SWB throughout the world, with the possible exception of very poor societies In 86% of the 43 nations for which nationally representative samples are available the mean SWB response was above neutral Several hypotheses to explain the positive levels of SWB are discussed
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TL;DR: The Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) as discussed by the authors was developed to assess satisfaction with the respondent's life as a whole, which does not assess the individual's satisfaction with life domains such as health or mental health but allows subjects to integrate and weight these domains in whatever way they choose.
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William Pavot,Ed Diener +1 more
TL;DR: The Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) as discussed by the authors was developed to assess satis-faction with the respondent's life as a whole, which does not assess satisfaction with life domains such as health or finances but allows subjects to integrate and weight these domains in whatever way they choose.
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