Handbook of research methods and applications in happiness and quality of life
edited by Luigino Bruni and Pier Luigi Porta
1. Introduction / Luigino Bruni and Pier Luigi Porta -- 2. Happiness and social institutions / Amartya Sen -- Part I. Quality of life -- 3. New frontiers: societal measures of subjective well-being for input to policy / Ed Diener and Louis Tay -- 4. Linking happiness to health: comparisons between hedonic and eudaimonic well-being / Carol D. Ryff and Jennifer Morozink Boylan -- 5. Subjective indicators of well-being: conceptual background and applications in social sciences / Antonella Delle Fave -- 6. Quality of life and smart cities / Elena Granata -- 7. Quality of life and inequality / Peter Krause -- 8. The history of the idea of quality of life / Borja López Noval -- 9. Genetic and environmental contributions to life satisfaction / Mario Lucchini, Sara Della Bella and Luca Crivelli -- 10. Indicators of happiness vs. quality of happiness: methodology and theory / Filomena Maggino -- 11. Leading a life of quality: conceptualizing quality of life / Mariano Rojas -- 12. Globalization and quality of life / M. Joseph Sirgy and Chad Miller -- 13. Quality of life studies and positive psychology / Helena À. Marujo and Luis M. Neto -- Part II Happiness -- 14. Quality of life and happiness: concepts and measures / Ruut Veenhoven -- 15. Economics, well-being and happiness: history and protagonists / Luigino Bruni -- 16. Culture and fine arts: open-ended choices and the formation of interest / Marina Bianchi -- 17. Happiness and health / Luca Crivelli, Sara Della Bella and Mario Lucchini -- 18. Happiness, subjective and objective indicators / Michela Guerini and Giampaolo Nuvolati -- 19. Women and happiness / Matteucci Nicola and Vieira Lima Sabrina -- 20. Relational goods and happiness data / Alessandra Pelloni -- 21. Happiness and new media / Luca Stanca -- 22. Happiness, relational goods and hedonic methodology / Luca Stanca -- 23. The idea of happiness in Italy / Pier Luigi Porta.
