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>). Participants also completed well-being measures, and a Big Five personality trait measure. The study examined the factor structure … of self-assessed character strengths as well as demographic (particularly gender), well-being and personality correlates … than males. Regressions investigating demographic, well-being and personality determinants of these strengths evidenced …
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Although the statistically significant relationship between personality traits and subjective well-being (i.e., self …-reported happiness and life satisfaction) is well-known in the field of positive psychology, some scholars still cast doubt on the … external validity of this finding and the strength of personality dimensions vis-à-vis other individual-level determinants of …
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opportunities. It is widely believed that happiness research based on self-reports on people’s satisfaction with life has made a … significant contribution to this understanding. The growing numbers of happiness studies provoke the question whether, and … answering this question, this review paper provides a survey of the general happiness conception, the formative steps of …
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concept and the notions of wellbeing or happiness of these two societies to identify similarities and differences. It is … developed measure of social harmony, no less than that of happiness, could be used as a comparatively useful measure of the well …
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This paper seeks to analyze the influence of the weather on a person’s self-reported life satisfaction. On a theoretical level, it is claimed that ‘nice’ weather can improve the affective well-being of a person. Given this, it is argued that affects can, in turn, have an impact on that...
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This study examined the effects of mental imagery ability (MIA) on the efficacy of two positive psychology interventions (PPIs) to enhance well-being. Participants (N = 210) were randomly assigned to either: Three Good Things (TGT), Best Possible Selves (BPS), or a control group and completed...
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To explain country differences in an analytical or structural dependent variable, the application of a macro–micro-model containing contextual hypotheses is necessary. Our methodological study examines whether empirical studies apply such a model. We propose that a theoretical base for country...
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