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Towards a theory of life satisfaction accounting for stability, change and volatility in 25-year life trajectories in Germany
Headey, Bruce; Muffels, Ruud J. A. - 2016
An adequate theory of Life Satisfaction (LS) needs to take account of both factors that tend to stabilise LS and those that change it. The most widely accepted theory in psychology - setpoint theory - focussed solely on stability. That theory is now regarded as inadequate since several national...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011502854
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Money doesn't buy happiness... or does it? : A reconsideration based on the combined effects of wealth, income and consumption
Headey, Bruce (contributor); Muffels, Ruud J. A. (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002161584
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Parents transmit happiness along with associated values and behaviors to their children : a lifelong happiness dividend?
Headey, Bruce; Muffels, Ruud J. A.; Wagner, Gert G. - 2012
There are strong two-way links between parent and child happiness (life satisfaction), even for 'children' who have … grown up, moved to their own home and partnered themselves. German panel evidence shows that transmission of (un)happiness … from parents to children is partly due to transmission of values and behaviors known to be associated with happiness …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009656134
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Two-way causation in life satisfaction research : structural equation models with Granger-causation
Headey, Bruce; Muffels, Ruud J. A. - 2014
Two-way causation issues are the bete noire of life satisfaction research. As acknowledged in several landmark reviews, many variables routinely reported as causes or determinants of life satisfaction could equally well be consequences, or perhaps both causes and consequences (Diener, 1984; Diener,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010440542