During the last 30 years US citizens experienced, on average, a decline in reported happiness, social connections, and … confidence in institutions. We show that a remarkable portion of the decrease in happiness is predicted by the decline in social … connections and confidence in institutions. We carry out our investigation in three steps. First, we run a happiness regression …

-reported happiness and life satisfaction) is well-known in the field of positive psychology, some scholars still cast doubt on the …-factor Model)—particularly, Emotional Stability and Extraversion—are positively associated with happiness and life satisfaction …

multidimensional alternative to the univariate scales measuring happiness and satisfaction most often used in social research. In …

progressed to a point where measures of subjective well-being (or: happiness) can usefully be employed to assess the welfare …

-being (happiness, life satisfaction), on their financial quality of life (satisfaction with standard of living, affordability of goods …

>, p. 292), evidence-based approach to well being, happiness, and positive psychology intervention suitable for both … happiness. Quality of Life Therapy and Coaching is “manualized” in the form of the book entitled Quality of Life Therapy (Frisch … which attempts to integrate findings from the fields of well-being, positive psychology, happiness, quality of life, social …

day-of week effect for life evaluations, represented here by the Cantril Ladder, but significantly more happiness … social time of 1.7 h in weekends raises average happiness by about 2 %. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht …