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Coping Strategies as Mediating Variables Between Self-serving Attributional Bias and Subjective Well-Being

Sanjuán, Pilar; Magallares, Alejandro - In: Journal of Happiness Studies 15 (2014) 2, pp. 443-453

Self-serving attributional bias (SSAB) is defined as the tendency to attribute positive situations to internal, stable and global causes, and negative situations to external, unstable and specific causes. SSAB, like other manifestations of the self-enhancement motive, is aimed at protecting...

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The measurement of time and income poverty

Zacharias, Ajit - 2011

Official poverty thresholds are based on the implicit assumption that the household with poverty-level income possesses … of the assumption and explored alternative methods to account for time deficits in the measurement of poverty. I … individual approaches. I also propose a two-dimensional, time-income poverty measure that accounts for intrahousehold disparities …

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Net government expenditures and the economic well-being of the elderly in the United States, 1989 - 2001

Kum, Hyunsub; Wolff, Edward N.; Zacharias, Ajit - 2006

We examine the economic well-being of the elderly, using the Levy Institute Measure of Economic Well-Being (LIMEW). Compared to the conventional measures of income, the LIMEW is a comprehensive measure that incorporates broader definitions of income from wealth, government expenditures, and...

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The Great Recession and racial inequality: Evidence from measures of economic well-being

Masterson, Thomas; Zacharias, Ajit; Rios-Avila, Fernando; … - 2017

The Great Recession had a tremendous impact on low-income Americans, in particular black and Latino Americans. The losses in terms of employment and earnings are matched only by the losses in terms of real wealth. In many ways, however, these losses are merely a continuation of trends that have...

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Coping with HIV Related Stigma and Well-Being

Sanjuán, Pilar; Molero, Fernando; Fuster, María; … - In: Journal of Happiness Studies 14 (2013) 2, pp. 709-722

The goal of this study was to analyze the relationships to be found among stigma perception, active and avoidant coping strategies, and subjective and psychological well-being in a sample of 133 people with HIV. The results showed that stigma perception and avoidant coping strategies (venting,...

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Affect Balance as Mediating Variable Between Effective Psychological Functioning and Satisfaction with Life

Sanjuán, Pilar - In: Journal of Happiness Studies 12 (2011) 3, pp. 373-384

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Life Satisfaction and Positive Adjustment as Predictors of Emotional Distress in Men With Coronary Heart Disease

Sanjuán, Pilar; Ruiz, Ángeles; Pérez, Ana - In: Journal of Happiness Studies 12 (2011) 6, pp. 1035-1047

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