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The Missing Link: Deficits of Country-Level Studies. A Review of 22 Articles Explaining Life Satisfaction
Nonnenmacher, Alexandra; Friedrichs, Jürgen - In: Social Indicators Research 110 (2013) 3, pp. 1221-1244
satisfaction. Results are in accordance with our expectations. We conclude that cross-country comparisons should apply a macro …
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Evidence-Based Well-Being/Positive Psychology Assessment and Intervention with Quality of Life Therapy and Coaching and the Quality of Life Inventory (QOLI)
Frisch, Michael - In: Social Indicators Research 114 (2013) 2, pp. 193-227
Quality of Life Therapy and Coaching (also known as Quality of Life Therapy) is a comprehensive, manualized, theory-based, and, according to Diener (2013) and Seligman (Flourish, Free Press, NY, <CitationRef CitationID="CR134">2011</CitationRef>, p. 292), evidence-based approach to well being, happiness, and positive psychology intervention...</citationref>
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A New Way of Monitoring the Quality of Urban Life
Powell, Andrew; Lora, Eduardo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
complementary nature of two approaches: the "hedonic" approach, which employs market prices for housing, and the "life satisfaction …
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The Subjective Well-Being of Immigrants Aged 50 and Older in Israel
Amit, Karin; Litwin, Howard - In: Social Indicators Research 98 (2010) 1, pp. 89-104
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Quality of Life in Hong Kong: the Cuhk Hong Kong Quality of Life Index
Chan, Ying; Kwan, Cheuk; Shek, Tan - In: Social Indicators Research 71 (2005) 1, pp. 259-289
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Formal Institutions and Subjective Well-Being: Revisiting the Cross-Country Evidence
Bjornskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina AV - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
A long tradition in economics explores the association between the quality of formal institutions and economic performance. The literature on the relationship between such institutions and happiness is, however, rather limited, and inconclusive. In this paper, we revisit the findings from recent...
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Antecedents of Individual Well-Being
Singh, Rekha Padmanabhan; Arora, Ashok Pratap - In: Vision 14 (2010) 3, pp. 191-205
The main aim of this study was to further the research efforts on the construct of Well-Being. The study begins by identifying the components and the construct of Well-Being in the Indian context. Well-Being in this context has been characterised as life perceptions formed as a function of one's...
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Towards the Good Life: A Population Survey of Dimensions of Quality of Life
Bowling, Ann; Windsor, Joy - In: Journal of Happiness Studies 2 (2001) 1, pp. 55-82
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Happiness and Utility in Economic Thought—Or: What Can We Learn from Happiness Research for Public Policy Analysis and Public Policy Making?
Hirschauer, Norbert; Lehberger, Mira; Musshoff, Oliver - In: Social Indicators Research 121 (2015) 3, pp. 647-674
opportunities. It is widely believed that happiness research based on self-reports on people’s satisfaction with life has made a …
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Living Arrangements and Quality of Life Among Chinese Canadian Elders
Gee, Ellen - In: Social Indicators Research 51 (2000) 3, pp. 309-329
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