Happiness measures, reflecting individuals’ well-being, have received increasing attention by policy makers. Policies … could target absolute happiness levels when aiming at increasing a society’s well-being. But given upper bounds of happiness … measures, as well as the possibilities of decreasing returns to happiness resources, we argue that an important measure of …

focusing on Ghana. The paper explores the predictors of two measures of subjective well-being—happiness and satisfaction in … happiness and satisfaction in life among Ghanaians. The second section elucidates factors influencing the selected measures of … subjective well-being separately. The data reveal that both happiness and life satisfaction among Ghanaians are shaped by …

“best possible selves” (BPS) once a week. We manipulated two factors that might affect the success of the happiness … results lend legitimacy to online self-administered happiness-increasing activities and highlight the importance of …

Casas et al. (J Happiness Stud 9(2):197–205, <CitationRef CitationID="CR8">2008</CitationRef>) found no significant … items from Russell’s scale on core affects, one on overall happiness, Fordyce’s happiness item and the optional item of the …

The hypothesis that the degree to which disease disrupts daily functioning is inversely associated with happiness is … into categories based on their freedom-from-debility score, median happiness scores were monotonically increasing across …-percent reduction in the odds of lower-quartile happiness. The results support the contention that health status is one of the most …

Research on happiness has been of interest in many parts of the world. Here we provide evidence from developing … countries; this is the first analysis of happiness among a cohort of Thai distance learning adults residing throughout the … country (n = 60,569 in 2009). To measure happiness, we tested use of the short format Thai Mental Health Indicators (TMHI …

This study set out to explore conceptions of the elements or ingredients that lead to long-lasting happiness. A content …’ (18–84 years old) written happiness recipes for the mention of a priori (pre-defined from a literature review) and … causes of long-term happiness (Lyubomirsky et al. in Rev Gen Psychol 9(2):111–131, <CitationRef CitationID="CR65">2005b …